Exam question 4 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Fisherman's Son, part 1: a po…

By what means did the crone recover from decapitation?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crone · What happens: mean, recover · To what, where: decapitation

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 recover	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 recover	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crone	det
6	crone	crone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recover	nsubj
7	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 decapitation	case
9	decapitation	decapitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 recover	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 recover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	recover	past · do-support	the crone			decapitation			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from decapitation=Source

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

She simply lifted her head from the grass, dusted it off, and fixed it onto her neck again

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lifted	nsubj
2	simply	simply	ADV	_	3 lifted	advmod
3	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 grass	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grass	det
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifted	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dusted	punct
10	dusted	dust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lifted	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dusted	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 dusted	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fixed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fixed	cc
15	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lifted	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fixed	obj
17	onto	onto	ADP	_	19 neck	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 neck	nmod:poss
19	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fixed	obl
20	again	again	ADV	_	15 fixed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	past	She	her head	the grass		simply property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme from grass=Destination
2	dust off	past	She not said here	head				vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	fix	past	She not said here	head	her neck	again		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

A spell from the giant's old book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spell	det
2	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	8 book	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giant	det
5	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 book	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 giant	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 book	amod
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spell	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Her sorcery sewed the head back onto her neck while the herd watched in horror and disbelief

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sorcery	nmod:poss
2	sorcery	sorcery	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewed	nsubj
3	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 head	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewed	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 sewed	advmod
7	onto	onto	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewed	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 watched	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 herd	det
12	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watched	nsubj
13	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sewed	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 horror	case
15	horror	horror	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watched	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 disbelief	cc
17	disbelief	disbelief	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 horror	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew back	past	Her sorcery	the head		sorcery's neck			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme onto neck=Destination
2	watch	past	the herd			horror and disbelief			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in horror=Location

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

Her magic restored her head to its place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 magic	nmod:poss
2	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	nsubj
3	restored	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 place	nmod:poss
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past	Her magic	magic's head	head's place				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Theme to place=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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