Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Fair, Brown, and Trembling, part 1: Cu…

Which of the following describes the rule the henwife gave Trembling about attending church?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: henwife · What happens: follow, describe, give, tremble, attend · To what, where: rule, church

This is exam question 4 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	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 henwife	det
9	henwife	henwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gave	nsubj
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 describes	ccomp
11	Trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 gave	xcomp
12	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 attending	mark
13	attending	attend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 Trembling	advcl
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 attending	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute
3	give	past	the henwife	the rule	tree rules
4	tremble	gerund	the henwife not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	attend	gerund	the henwife not said here	church	vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme church=Goal

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 · ✓ the right answer

She must not enter the church door and must leave quickly at Mass's end

The tree, 15 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	4 enter	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 enter	advmod
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 leave	aux
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 enter	conj
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
13	Mass	Mass	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 end	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Mass	case
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not enter	must	She	the church door					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination
2	leave	must	She not said here				at Mass's end	quickly property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location

Option 2

She must not enter the church door, and must leave as soon as Mass ends, without speaking to anyone or waiting for blessings from the priest

The tree, 26 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	4 enter	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 enter	advmod
4	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 door	compound
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 enter	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 leave	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leave	cc
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 leave	aux
11	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 enter	parataxis
12	as	as	ADV	_	13 soon	advmod
13	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 leave	advmod
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 ends	case
15	Mass	mass	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ends	amod
16	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 soon	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 speaking	punct
18	without	without	SCONJ	_	19 speaking	mark
19	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 leave	advcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 anyone	case
21	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 speaking	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 waiting	cc
23	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 speaking	conj
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 blessings	case
25	blessings	blessing	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 waiting	obl
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 priest	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 priest	det
28	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 blessings	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not enter	must	She	the church door		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Destination
2	leave	must			soon property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	speak speech: other	gerund			to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent
4	wait	gerund			for blessings from the priest	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She must never step through the church door at all and must ride away immediately once the Mass has finished and the crowd gathers

The tree, 24 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	4 step	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 step	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 step	advmod
4	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	8 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 door	compound
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 step	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 step	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 ride	cc
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 ride	aux
13	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 step	conj
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 ride	advmod
15	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 ride	advmod
16	once	once	SCONJ	_	20 finished	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Mass	det
18	Mass	Mass	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 finished	nsubj
19	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 finished	aux
20	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 ride	advcl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 gathers	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 crowd	det
23	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 gathers	nsubj
24	gathers	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 step	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not step	must	She	the church door	at all	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory
2	ride away	must	She not said here		away, immediately property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	finish	present · perfect	the Mass			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	gather	present	the crowd			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She must avoid the church and sit by the gate during the service

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 avoid	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 avoid	aux
3	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 avoid	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sit	cc
7	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 avoid	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	obl
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 service	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 service	det
13	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	must	She	the church					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent church=Location
2	sit	infinitive	She not said here				during the service	by the gate	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by gate=Location

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