Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Which of the following describes the means by which the giant's daughter prevented the giant from reaching her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, daughter · What happens: follow, describe, mean, prevent, reach · To what, where: giant, daughter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2019 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become steps, a finger is lost, and the giant drowns» 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 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 describes	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 prevented	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 giant	det
11	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 daughter	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 giant	case
13	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prevented	nsubj
14	prevented	prevent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 means	ccomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 prevented	obj
17	from	from	SCONJ	_	18 reaching	mark
18	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 prevented	advcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 reaching	obj
20	?	?	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	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	prevent	past	the giant's daughter	the giant	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer giant=Theme
5	reach	gerund	the giant's daughter not said here	daughter	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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

She told the king's son to turn round and face the giant, so the giant lost his way on the road to the loch

The tree, 25 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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 turn	mark
8	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	ccomp
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 turn	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 face	cc
11	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 turn	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
13	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 face	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lost	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 lost	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 giant	det
17	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	nsubj
18	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 way	nmod:poss
20	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 road	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 road	det
23	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	obl
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 loch	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 loch	det
26	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		the king's son			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic
2	turn round not said to happen	to-infinitive					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	face	present		the giant				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme giant=Destination
4	lose	past	the giant	giant's way		the road	to the loch	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality

Option 2

She sent the giant back home with a spell of sleep

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	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 back	amod
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 spell	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spell	det
9	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sleep	case
11	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spell	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	She	the giant back				with a spell of sleep; home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme
2	spell			sleep					nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She threw apples behind them, which turned into blackthorn and rock, and the giant had to go home for his tools to clear them

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	2 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 threw	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 apples	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 turned	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 turned	nsubj
8	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 apples	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 blackthorn	case
10	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turned	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rock	cc
12	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blackthorn	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 had	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 had	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threw	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 go	mark
19	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 had	xcomp
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 go	advmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 tools	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tools	nmod:poss
23	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 go	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 clear	mark
25	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 go	advcl
26	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	throw	past	She	apples		behind apples = apple	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent apple=Theme behind they=Destination
2	turn	past	apples		blackthorn and rock		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into blackthorn=Trajectory
3	have	past	the giant				tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	the giant not said here			for giant's tools; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for tool=Beneficiary
5	clear	to-infinitive	the giant not said here	apples = apple			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She cast objects behind the fleeing pair, which were transformed into obstacles

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	2 cast	nsubj
2	cast	cast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cast	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 pair	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pair	det
6	fleeing	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pair	amod
7	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cast	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 transformed	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 transformed	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 transformed	aux:pass
11	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 pair	acl:relcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 obstacles	case
13	obstacles	obstacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cast	past	She	objects	the fleeing pair		vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent object=Theme behind pair=Destination
2	flee	gerund					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	transform	past · passive		the fleeing pair		into obstacles result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into obstacle=Result

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