Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Auburn Mary, part 38: bones become ste…

Which of the following accurately records the reason the king's son did not remember the giant's daughter upon returning home?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: follow, record, not remember, return · To what, where: reason, daughter

This is exam question 2 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 remember	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 remember	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 remember	advmod
15	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 giant	det
17	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 daughter	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 giant	case
19	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 remember	obj
20	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	21 returning	mark
21	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 remember	advcl
22	home	home	ADV	_	21 returning	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the reason	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	not remember	past · do-support	the king's son	the giant's daughter		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
4	return	gerund	the king's son not said here		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

He was kissed by an old greyhound, which caused the forgetting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kissed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kissed	aux:pass
3	kissed	kiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 greyhound	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 greyhound	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 greyhound	amod
7	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kissed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 caused	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 caused	nsubj
10	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 greyhound	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 forgetting	det
12	forgetting	forgetting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kiss	past · passive	a old greyhound	He					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Co-Agent
2	cause	past	a old greyhound	the forgetting					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition forgetting=Patient

Option 2

He was struck by the giant's curse at the gate of his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 curse	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 curse	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 giant	case
8	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 house	nmod:poss
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	the giant's curse	He		the gate of giant's house			tree rules
2	curse		the giant						nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He drank water from the loch and slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drank	nsubj
2	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drank	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 loch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 loch	det
6	loch	loch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drank	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 slept	cc
8	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 drank	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	past	He	water		the loch			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
2	sleep	past	He not said here						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was given a potion by the giant's cook, which made him forget the whole journey and all the people he met

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 potion	det
5	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 cook	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 giant	det
8	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cook	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 giant	case
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 made	nsubj
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	parataxis
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 made	obj
15	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 made	xcomp
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 journey	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 journey	amod
18	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 forget	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 met	cc
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 people	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 people	det
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 met	nsubj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 met	nsubj
24	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give	past · passive	the giant's cook	He	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient potion=Theme
2	make	past		giant	tree rules
3	forget	infinitive	giant not said here	the whole journey	tree rules
4	meet	past	all people		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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