Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

Identify the outcome for the lad who attempted the ear trick under the juggler's instruction.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lad, juggler · What happens: identify, attempt, instruct · To what, where: outcome, ear trick, instruction

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 lad	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lad	det
6	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 attempted	nsubj
8	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lad	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trick	det
10	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	compound
11	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attempted	obj
12	under	under	ADP	_	16 instruction	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 juggler	det
14	juggler	juggler	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 instruction	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 juggler	case
16	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attempted	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the outcome		for the lad	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
2	attempt	past	the lad	the ear trick	the juggler's instruction		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Eventuality
3	instruct		the juggler				nom instruction «communication transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He pulled away his ear and head

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 head	cc
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull away	past	He	his ear and head				away property	tree rules

Option 2

He tore away his nose entirely

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 tore	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nose	nmod:poss
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tore	obj
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 tore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore away	past	He	his nose				away, entirely property	tree rules

Option 3

He pulled away his ear and head and was carried weeping from the hall

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 head	cc
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ear	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carried	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 carried	aux:pass
10	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pulled	conj
11	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 carried	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 hall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hall	det
14	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pull away	past	He	his ear and head		away property	tree rules
2	carry	past · passive	He not said here				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»
3	weep	gerund	He not said here		the hall		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He pulled away his ear and head and shoulders from the body

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 pulled	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 head	cc
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ear	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shoulders	cc
9	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ear	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 body	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 body	det
12	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull away	past	He	his ear and head and shoulders		the body		away property	tree rules

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