Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story-Teller at Fault, part 1: the…

In what manner was the story-teller finally conveyed from the field to the Foxes' Ford?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, convey · To what, where: story teller, manner, field

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teller	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 teller	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teller	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 teller	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct
8	teller	teller	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 conveyed	advmod
10	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 teller	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 field	det
13	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	18 Ford	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Foxes	det
16	Foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 Ford	nmod:poss
17	'	's	PART	_	16 Foxes	case
18	Ford	Ford	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 field	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 teller	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the story teller		what manner			tree rules
2	convey	participle		the story teller not said here		the field to the Foxes's Ford		finally property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from field=Initial_Location

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

by the beggar on a white horse who galloped across the field and then vanished into the mist beyond the wall

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 beggar	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beggar	det
3	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 galloped	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 horse	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beggar	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 galloped	nsubj
9	galloped	gallop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 field	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 galloped	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 vanished	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 vanished	advmod
15	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 galloped	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 mist	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mist	det
18	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vanished	obl
19	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	21 wall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 wall	det
21	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop	past				the field		by the beggar on a white horse	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by beggar=Trajectory
2	vanish	past				the mist	then	beyond the wall	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

by the stranger, who kept him in the wallet and rode home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 stranger	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kept	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 kept	nsubj
6	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kept	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wallet	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wallet	det
10	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kept	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rode	cc
12	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kept	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 rode	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past		him = he		the wallet		by the stranger	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme by stranger=Location
2	ride	past						home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by the stranger, who placed a man in his wallet and vanished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	ADP	_	3 stranger	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 placed	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 placed	nsubj
6	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 wallet	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 wallet	nmod:poss
11	wallet	wallet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 vanished	cc
13	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 placed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past		a man		man's wallet		by the stranger	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme by stranger=Destination
2	vanish	past							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

on foot, with the hounds running ahead of him to the ford

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	on	on	ADP	_	2 foot	case
2	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hounds	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hounds	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hounds	det
6	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 foot	conj
7	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hounds	acl
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	7 running	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 running	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 ford	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ford	det
13	ford	ford	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	the hounds not said here					of him = he; to the ford result; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ford=Result

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