Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

In what manner does the goose's final death come about, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goose · What happens: do, come about, accord, die · To what, where: final death, manner

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goose	det
6	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 death	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 goose	case
8	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 death	amod
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	parataxis
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 narrative	punct
13	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 narrative	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 according	fixed
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		the goose's final death	what manner	accord the narrative	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Eventuality
2	come about	present				about property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	die		the goose				nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She mistakes a horse-eel for a trout and is killed by it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 mistakes	nsubj
2	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eel	det
4	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eel	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 horse	punct
6	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mistakes	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 trout	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 trout	det
9	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eel	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 killed	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 killed	aux:pass
12	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mistakes	conj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 killed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	present · passive						by trout	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 2

She dives after a frog and gets trapped in weeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dives	nsubj
2	dives	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 frog	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 frog	det
5	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dives	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trapped	cc
7	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 trapped	aux:pass
8	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dives	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 weeds	case
10	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dive	present	She				after a frog		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	trap	present · passive	She not said here			weeds			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in weed=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She is attacked by a horse-eel that the king sent to test the saint's holy goose and her wings

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 eel	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 eel	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eel	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 horse	punct
8	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	obl
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 sent	nsubj:pass
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 eel	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 test	mark
14	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 sent	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 saint	det
16	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 goose	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 saint	case
18	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 goose	amod
19	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 test	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wings	cc
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 wings	nmod:poss
22	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attacked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	attack	present · passive	a horse eel	She	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	send	participle · passive		a horse eel	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	test	to-infinitive		the saint's holy goose	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goose=Theme

Option 4

She dives after a trout, but a horse-eel seizes her and drags her underwater to drown in the lake

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dives	nsubj
2	dives	dive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	5 trout	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trout	det
5	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dives	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seizes	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 seizes	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 eel	det
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eel	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 horse	punct
11	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seizes	nsubj
12	seizes	seize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dives	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seizes	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 drags	cc
15	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dives	conj
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 underwater	nmod:poss
17	underwater	underwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drags	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 drown	mark
19	drown	drown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 drags	advcl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 lake	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lake	det
22	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 drown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	dive	present	She			after a trout	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	seize	present	a horse eel	her = she			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	drag	present	She not said here	eel's underwater			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent underwater=Theme
4	drown	to-infinitive	She not said here		the lake		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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