Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the…

Which object did the beggar take from his pocket to transform the story-teller, and what was it used for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: take, transform, use · To what, where: pocket, story teller

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2005 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the story-teller loses everything at dice and is turned into a hare» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beggar	det
5	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 pocket	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 pocket	nmod:poss
9	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 transform	mark
11	transform	transform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 take	csubj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 teller	det
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 teller	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 story	punct
15	teller	teller	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 transform	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 used	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 used	cc
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 used	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 used	aux:pass
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 used	nsubj:pass
21	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 take	parataxis
22	for	for	ADP	_	21 used	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past · do-support	which object		beggar's pocket	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from pocket=Initial_Location
2	transform	to-infinitive		the story teller		vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teller=Patient
3	use	past · passive				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

a long cord and a wand, used to change the story-teller into a hare

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cord	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cord	amod
3	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wand	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wand	det
6	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cord	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cord	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 change	mark
10	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 teller	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 teller	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 story	punct
14	teller	teller	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 hare	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hare	det
17	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a long cord and a wand not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	change	to-infinitive		the story teller				into a hare result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent teller=Patient into hare=Result

Option 2

a box, used to hide the story-teller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 used	punct
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 box	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hide	mark
6	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 teller	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teller	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 story	punct
10	teller	teller	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a box not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	to-infinitive		the story teller					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teller=Patient

Option 3

a small knife and a cloak, used to hide the wife from the king

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 knife	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knife	amod
3	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cloak	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloak	det
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knife	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knife	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 hide	mark
10	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wife	det
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hide	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 king	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a small knife and a cloak not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	to-infinitive		the wife				from the king	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent wife=Patient from king=Beneficiary

Option 4

a leather belt and a whistle, used to call the hounds back to the field

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 belt	det
2	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belt	compound
3	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 whistle	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 whistle	det
6	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belt	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 used	punct
8	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 belt	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 call	mark
10	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 used	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hounds	det
12	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 call	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	10 call	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 field	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 field	det
16	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a leather belt and a whistle not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	call back speech: assert	to-infinitive		the hounds	the field				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hound=Topic to field=Recipient

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