Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 36: the…

Specify the circumstance under which the bundle was to be unfastened.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: specify, unfasten · To what, where: circumstance, bundle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 2017 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Battle of the Birds, part 36: the king's son and the magic bundle» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 unfastened	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bundle	det
7	bundle	bundle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 unfastened	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 unfastened	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	11 unfastened	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 unfastened	aux:pass
11	unfastened	unfasten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	unfasten	past · passive	you not said here	the bundle		the circumstance			vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

in the place of his greatest wish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	3 place	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 place	det
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 wish	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wish	nmod:poss
6	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 wish	amod
7	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish		his = he						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

in the field of his deepest sorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	3 field	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 sorrow	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sorrow	nmod:poss
6	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 sorrow	amod
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 field	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sorrow		his = he						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

when he reaches the place of his greatest wish and is ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 reaches	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 reaches	nsubj
3	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reaches	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 wish	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wish	nmod:poss
8	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 wish	amod
9	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ready	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ready	cop
12	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reaches	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reach	present	he	the place of his greatest wish		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	is	present	he not said here		ready property	tree rules
3	wish		his = he			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

only in the place of his greatest wish, far from home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	only	only	ADV	_	4 place	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 place	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 wish	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 wish	nmod:poss
7	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 wish	amod
8	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 place	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 home	punct
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 home	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish		his = he						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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