Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

Which character was the first to be deceived by the henwife's enchantments?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: character, enchantments, henwife · What happens: be, deceive, enchant

This is exam question 2 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 character	det
2	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 first	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 first	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 first	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 deceived	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 deceived	aux:pass
8	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 first	advcl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 enchantments	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 henwife	det
11	henwife	henwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 enchantments	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 henwife	case
13	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deceived	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 first	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	which character	first property	tree rules
2	deceive	to-infinitive · passive	the henwife's enchantments		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	enchant		the henwife		nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=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

Fair, who received a grey cloak and brown shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 received	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 received	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 received	nsubj
4	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloak	det
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cloak	amod
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shoes	cc
9	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shoes	amod
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cloak	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past		a grey cloak and brown shoes					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme

Option 2

Trembling, who was given a white robe and green shoes by the henwife in the dark kitchen one night

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trembling	tremble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 given	mark
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 given	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 given	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 robe	det
7	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 robe	amod
8	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shoes	cc
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shoes	amod
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 robe	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 henwife	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 henwife	det
14	henwife	henwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 kitchen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kitchen	det
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 kitchen	amod
18	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 night	nummod
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tremble	gerund							vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past · passive	the henwife	a white robe and green shoes		the dark kitchen	night		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient robe=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Trembling, who received a white robe and green shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trembling	tremble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 received	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Trembling	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 received	nsubj
4	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 robe	det
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 robe	amod
7	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shoes	cc
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shoes	amod
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 robe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tremble	gerund							vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	receive	past		a white robe and green shoes					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The eldest sister, Fair, who was first tricked when the henwife gave her a golden cloak and silver shoes that turned to ash

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sister	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Fair	punct
5	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tricked	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 tricked	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tricked	aux:pass
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 tricked	advmod
10	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sister	conj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 gave	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 henwife	det
13	henwife	henwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	nsubj
14	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tricked	advcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 gave	iobj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cloak	det
17	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cloak	amod
18	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gave	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 shoes	cc
20	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 shoes	compound
21	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 cloak	conj
22	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 turned	nsubj
23	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 cloak	acl:relcl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 ash	mark
25	ash	ash	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 turned	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	trick	past · passive		the eldest sister		first property	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	give	past	the henwife	a golden cloak and silver shoes	her = she		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient cloak=Theme
3	turn	past	a golden cloak and silver shoes	ash			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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