Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires hims…

Determine the meaning, in the context of the passage, of the expression "saddleskirts" as used in the first day's service.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, first day · What happens: determine, use, service · To what, where: meaning, service

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2014 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack the Fool, part 33: Jack hires himself to the Gray Churl and turns every order against him» 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 context	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 context	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 context	det
7	context	context	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 passage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 context	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 saddleskirts	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 saddleskirts	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 saddleskirts	det
14	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saddleskirts	compound
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 saddleskirts	punct
16	saddleskirts	saddleskirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Determine	parataxis
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 saddleskirts	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 used	mark
19	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Determine	ccomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	25 service	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 day	det
22	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	23 day	amod
23	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 service	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 day	case
25	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 used	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the meaning		tree rules
2	use	participle	you not said here		the first day's service	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	service		the first day			nom service «act 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

Soaked to the skin by the rain and the mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soaked	soak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 skin	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 skin	det
4	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Soaked	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Soaked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mud	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mud	det
10	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak	participle						to the skin; by the rain and the mud	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Exhausted by overwork until the limit of endurance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 overwork	case
3	overwork	overwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 limit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 endurance	case
8	endurance	endurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	participle					until the limit of endurance	by overwork	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Exhausted by overwork until the limit of endurance and unable to stand up straight at all

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 overwork	case
3	overwork	overwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 limit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 endurance	case
8	endurance	endurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unable	cc
10	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 endurance	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 stand	mark
12	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unable	xcomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 stand	compound:prt
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 stand	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	participle					until the limit of endurance	by overwork	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	stand up	to-infinitive				all		straight property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Exhausted by overwork until the limit of endurance, and then sent to bed without any supper

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 sent	advcl
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 overwork	case
3	overwork	overwork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 limit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Exhausted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 endurance	case
8	endurance	endurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sent	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sent	advmod
12	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 bed	case
14	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
15	without	without	ADP	_	17 supper	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 supper	det
17	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	participle					until the limit of endurance	by overwork	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	send	past				bed	then	without any supper	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to bed=Destination

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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