Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

What is the precise nature of the king's response upon learning the identity of the stranger?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precise nature, response · What happens: be, learn · To what, where: identity

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nature	det
4	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 nature	amod
5	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 response	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 response	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nature	nmod
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 learning	mark
12	learning	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 response	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 identity	det
14	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 stranger	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 stranger	det
17	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identity	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the precise nature of the king's response						tree rules
2	learn	gerund	the king's response not said here	the identity of the stranger					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic

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

He bows his head and says a short prayer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bows	nsubj
2	bows	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bows	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 says	cc
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 bows	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prayer	det
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prayer	amod
9	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	present	He	his head					vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	He not said here	a short prayer					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He falls upon his knees before the saint in reverence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 knees	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knees	nmod:poss
5	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 falls	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 saint	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 saint	det
8	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falls	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 reverence	case
10	reverence	reverence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	He			reverence	before the saint	upon his knees	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon knee=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He falls upon his knees before the saint and weeps openly in front of all the court

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 knees	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 knees	nmod:poss
5	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 falls	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 saint	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 saint	det
8	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falls	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 weeps	cc
10	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 falls	conj
11	openly	openly	ADV	_	10 weeps	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weeps	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 court	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	He			his knees	before the saint		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon knee=Location
2	weep	present	He not said here					in front of all court; openly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme

Option 4

He begs the saint for a fair bargain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begs	nsubj
2	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 saint	det
4	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begs	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bargain	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bargain	det
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bargain	amod
8	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present	He	the saint				for a fair bargain	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent saint=Recipient for bargain=Topic

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