Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, t…

Which of the following accurately describes the fate of the Boar Truith after the pursuit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fate · To what, where: fate, Boar Truith

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2001 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Kilhuch and Olwen: Mabon is rescued, the comb is won, and Kilhuch wins Olwen» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fate	det
8	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Truith	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Truith	det
11	Boar	Boar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Truith	compound
12	Truith	Truith	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 pursuit	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pursuit	det
15	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fate	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the fate of the Boar Truith	after the pursuit	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the Boar Truith	after the pursuit		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient after=obl

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 · ← Mova's choice

He escaped home

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 escaped	nsubj
2	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 escaped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	escape	past	He					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He was caught

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	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		He					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He drowned in the river Severn

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 drowned	nsubj
2	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 Severn	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Severn	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Severn	compound
6	Severn	Severn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	He			the river Severn			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He was hunted into the deep sea

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	3 hunted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunted	aux:pass
3	hunted	hunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sea	amod
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · passive		He		the deep sea			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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