Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

Which of the following was the object Fin used to deceive Cucullin regarding his strength?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fin · What happens: follow, be, use, deceive, regard · To what, where: object, Cucullin

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2011 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cucullin is tricked, and Trembling rides to church» 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	7 object	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 object	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 object	case
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 object	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	Fin	Fin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 object	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 deceive	mark
11	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	xcomp
12	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 deceive	obj
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 strength	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 strength	nmod:poss
15	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deceive	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past			of the object	tree rules
3	use	past	Fin	the object not said here		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent object=Theme clause=Eventuality
4	deceive	to-infinitive	Fin not said here	Cucullin	regard Fin's strength	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cucullin=Patient
5	regard	gerund				vn assessment-34.1 «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

A white stone that he had hidden in his cloak, from which curds were squeezed to produce clear whey for the giant

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stone	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	nsubj:pass
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 hidden	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hidden	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hidden	aux
7	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cloak	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 cloak	nmod:poss
10	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hidden	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 squeezed	punct
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 squeezed	obl
14	curds	curd	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 squeezed	nsubj:pass
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 squeezed	aux:pass
16	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 hidden	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 produce	mark
18	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 squeezed	xcomp
19	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 whey	amod
20	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 produce	obj
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 giant	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 giant	det
23	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 produce	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past · perfect · passive	a white stone	his cloak		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in cloak=Location
2	squeeze	past · passive	curds			tree rules
3	produce	to-infinitive	clear whey		for the giant	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent whey=Result for giant=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A white stone, from which curds were squeezed to produce whey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stone	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stone	amod
3	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 squeezed	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 squeezed	obl
7	curds	curd	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 squeezed	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 squeezed	aux:pass
9	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stone	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 produce	mark
11	produce	produce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 squeezed	xcomp
12	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produce	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	past · passive		curds		a white stone			tree rules
2	produce	to-infinitive		whey					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whey=Result

Option 3

A small white pebble from the lake bed, which Fin pressed in his fist until curds and then whey ran out

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pebble	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pebble	amod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pebble	amod
4	pebble	pebble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pressed	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pebble	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pressed	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 pressed	obj
11	Fin	Fin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 pressed	nsubj
12	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 fist	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fist	nmod:poss
15	fist	fist	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pressed	obl
16	until	until	ADP	_	17 curds	case
17	curds	curd	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pressed	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 ran	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 ran	advmod
20	whey	whey	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ran	nsubj
21	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 pressed	conj
22	out	out	ADP	_	21 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past	a small white pebble from the lake bed			Fin's fist	until curds		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
2	run out	past	whey				then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A hard loaf, from which crumbs were shaken to make dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 loaf	det
2	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loaf	amod
3	loaf	loaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shaken	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 shaken	obl
7	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 shaken	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 shaken	aux:pass
9	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 loaf	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 make	mark
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 shaken	advcl
12	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake	past · passive		crumbs		a hard loaf			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme from which=Trajectory
2	make	to-infinitive		dust					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dust=Product

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