Exam question 1 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

Which of the following describes the agreement made between the fisherman and the sea-maiden?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: agreement · What happens: follow, describe, make

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2007 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a poor fisherman promises his first son to the sea-maiden, and the son sets out» 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	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 agreement	det
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 describes	ccomp
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 fisherman	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fisherman	det
11	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 maiden	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 maiden	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 maiden	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 sea	punct
16	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fisherman	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	make	past	the agreement	between the fisherman and the sea maiden	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

An exchange of a horse for a fine net

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 exchange	det
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 horse	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 net	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 net	det
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 net	amod
9	net	net	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange			a horse				for a fine net	nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 2

A trade of gold for a fishing boat rental

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 trade	det
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trade	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 rental	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rental	det
7	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boat	compound
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rental	compound
9	rental	rental	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trade	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade			gold				for a boat rental	nom trade «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3

A promise to serve the sea-maiden as a fisherman for the rest of his life, in return for her protection of his nets and boat

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 serve	mark
4	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promise	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 maiden	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maiden	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 sea	punct
8	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 serve	ccomp
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 fisherman	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fisherman	det
11	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 maiden	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 rest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rest	det
14	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fisherman	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 life	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 life	nmod:poss
17	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rest	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 return	punct
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 return	case
20	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fisherman	conj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 protection	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 protection	nmod:poss
23	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 return	nmod
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 nets	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 nets	nmod:poss
26	nets	net	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 protection	nmod
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 boat	cc
28	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fisherman	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	to-infinitive							vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
2	protect		her = she	his nets					nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A promise of his first son in return for fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 son	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 son	nmod:poss
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 son	amod
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 return	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 fish	case
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise			his first son		return for fish			nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient in=place

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