Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tes…

Which of the following accurately identifies the cause of the domestic dispute at Twt y Cymrws?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cause · What happens: follow, identify, y, cause · To what, where: Cymrws, domestic dispute

This is exam question 2 of lesson 2020 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tests her twins with a hen's eggshell and gets her real children back» 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	6 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 y	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 dispute	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dispute	det
11	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dispute	amod
12	dispute	dispute	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 Twt	case
14	Twt	Twt	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispute	nmod
15	y	y	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 identifies	ccomp
16	Cymrws	Cymrws	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 y	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	y	past	the cause of the domestic dispute at Twt	Cymrws		tree rules
4	cause			the domestic dispute at Twt		nom cause «event transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice

The neighbours doubt the twins belong to the cottage family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doubt	nsubj
3	doubt	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 twins	det
5	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 belong	nsubj
6	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doubt	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
9	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 family	compound
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	present	the neighbours						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	belong	present	the twins					to the cottage family	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The husband is jealous of the twins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 jealous	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 jealous	cop
4	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 twins	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 twins	det
7	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 jealous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the husband					of the twins; jealous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The husband doubts that the twins are his own children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubts	nsubj
3	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 children	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 twins	det
6	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 children	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 children	cop
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 children	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 children	amod
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doubts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	present	the husband						vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the twins	husband's own children					tree rules

Option 4

The husband suspects the reapers stole the cottage's rye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 husband	det
2	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suspects	nsubj
3	suspects	suspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reapers	det
5	reapers	reaper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stole	nsubj
6	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 suspects	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cottage	det
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rye	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cottage	case
10	rye	rye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suspect	present	the husband						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	steal	past	the reapers	the cottage's rye					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rye=Theme

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