Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…

Which of the following statements accurately describes the condition in which the Prince found the nursery?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: follow, describe, find · To what, where: condition, nursery

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» 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 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 condition	det
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 found	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prince	det
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 found	nsubj
14	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 condition	acl:relcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nursery	det
16	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 found	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the condition		of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
3	find	past	the Prince	the nursery	the condition		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nursery=Topic

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 cradle lay overturned, daubed with blood, and the wolf's body lay beside the wall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cradle	det
2	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overturned	nsubj:pass
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 overturned	aux:pass
4	overturned	overturn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 daubed	punct
6	daubed	daub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 overturned	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 blood	case
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daubed	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lay	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lay	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wolf	det
12	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 body	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 wolf	case
14	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lay	nsubj
15	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 overturned	parataxis
16	beside	beside	ADP	_	18 wall	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wall	det
18	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	overturn	past · passive		the cradle			tree rules
2	daub	participle				with blood	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blood=Theme
3	lie	past	the wolf's body		the wall		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside wall=Location

Option 2

The door lay open and the rushes were burned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 door	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lay	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 burned	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rushes	det
7	rushes	rush	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 burned	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 burned	aux:pass
9	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the door					open property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	burn	past · passive		the rushes					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

The cradle was tipped and the floor was wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cradle	det
2	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tipped	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tipped	aux:pass
4	tipped	tip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wet	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wet	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wet	cop
9	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tipped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tip	past · passive		the cradle					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	past	the floor					wet property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cradle lay overturned and daubed with blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cradle	det
2	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 overturned	nsubj:pass
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 overturned	aux:pass
4	overturned	overturn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 daubed	cc
6	daubed	daub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 overturned	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 blood	case
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 daubed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overturn	past · passive		the cradle					tree rules
2	daub	participle						with blood	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blood=Theme

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