Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t…

Which of the following constitutes the principal accomplishment of the youth mounted upon the black horse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, constitute, mount, accomplish · To what, where: principal accomplishment, youth

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» 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 constitutes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 constitutes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 constitutes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 constitutes	nsubj
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 accomplishment	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 accomplishment	amod
8	accomplishment	accomplishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 constitutes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 youth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 youth	det
11	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 accomplishment	nmod
12	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 youth	acl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 horse	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 horse	det
15	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 horse	amod
16	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mounted	obl:agent
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 constitutes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	constitute	present	the principal accomplishment of the youth	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme accomplishment=Pivot
3	mount	participle	the youth not said here	vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
4	accomplish		the youth	nom accomplishment «act transitive»: of=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

the severance of the three heads of the beast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 severance	det
2	severance	severance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 heads	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heads	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 heads	nummod
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 severance	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 beast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beast	det
9	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever			the three heads of the beast					nom severance «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

the rescue of the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rescue	det
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 princess	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rescue	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue			the princess					nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

the binding of the three heads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 binding	det
2	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 heads	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 heads	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 heads	nummod
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 binding	nmod

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

Option 4

the slaying of the beast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 slaying	det
2	slaying	slaying	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 beast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beast	det
5	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slaying	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay			the beast					nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient

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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