Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brewery of Eggshells: a mother tes…

Which of the following correctly states the outcome of the mother's actions at the lake?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mother · What happens: follow, state, act · To what, where: outcome, lake

This is exam question 4 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 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 states	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 actions	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 actions	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mother	case
13	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 outcome	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 lake	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lake	det
16	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 actions	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the outcome of the mother's actions at the lake		correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
3	act		the mother		the lake		nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent at=place

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 husband takes the twins to Llanidloes

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 takes	nsubj
3	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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	3 takes	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Llanidloes	case
7	Llanidloes	llanidloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	the husband	the twins		Llanidloes			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent twin=Theme to llanidloe=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She loses both children forever

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 loses	nsubj
2	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loses	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 loses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	She	both children				forever property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

Option 3

The goblins steal the reapers' rye and flee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblins	det
2	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 steal	nsubj
3	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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	7 rye	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 reapers	case
7	rye	rye	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steal	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flee	cc
9	flee	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 steal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	the goblins	the reapers's rye					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rye=Theme
2	flee	present	the goblins not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The goblins restore her own children to her care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goblins	det
2	goblins	goblin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restore	nsubj
3	restore	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 children	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 restore	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 care	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 care	nmod:poss
9	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 restore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	present	the goblins	her own children	her care				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Theme to care=Recipient
2	care		her = she						nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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