Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and…

In what vessel was the soul of the sea-maiden concealed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, conceal · To what, where: soul, vessel

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2009 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and the sea-maiden dies» 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 vessel	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 vessel	nsubj
3	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 soul	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 soul	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soul	det
6	soul	soul	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 maiden	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maiden	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 maiden	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 sea	punct
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 soul	conj
12	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 maiden	csubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 soul	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the soul	vessel	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	conceal	participle			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=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

Inside a golden box, within a loch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	4 box	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 box	det
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 box	amod
4	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 box	punct
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 loch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 loch	det
8	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 box	nmod

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

Option 2

Within an egg, which was itself hidden inside a trout in the loch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	3 egg	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hidden	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 hidden	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hidden	aux:pass
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 hidden	obl:unmarked
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 egg	acl:relcl
9	inside	inside	ADP	_	11 trout	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 trout	det
11	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 loch	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 loch	det
14	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trout	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past · passive		a egg		a trout in the loch		egg obl:unmarked	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient inside trout=Location

Option 3

Inside a small golden casket, carefully sealed within a trout's belly, deep in the water

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Inside	inside	ADP	_	5 casket	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 casket	det
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 casket	amod
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 casket	amod
5	casket	casket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sealed	punct
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 sealed	advmod
8	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 casket	acl
9	within	within	ADP	_	13 belly	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 trout	det
11	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 belly	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 trout	case
13	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sealed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 deep	punct
15	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 casket	amod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 water	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal	participle		a small golden casket not said here				within a trout's belly; carefully property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Within an egg, contained in a trout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Within	within	ADP	_	3 egg	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 egg	det
3	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contained	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 egg	punct
5	contained	contain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 trout	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trout	det
8	trout	trout	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 contained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	participle				a trout		within a egg	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in trout=Location

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