Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

Which of the following describes the object that Tom borrows from the Ould Boy in hell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: follow, describe, borrow · To what, where: object, hell

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	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 object	det
7	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 borrows	nsubj
9	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 borrows	nsubj
10	borrows	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 object	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 Boy	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Boy	det
13	Ould	Ould	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Boy	compound
14	Boy	Boy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 borrows	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 hell	case
16	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 borrows	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the object			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
3	borrow	present	the object		hell	from the Ould Boy	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from boy=Source

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

a heavy club with iron spikes and a leather grip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 club	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 club	amod
3	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spikes	case
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spikes	compound
6	spikes	spike	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 club	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 grip	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 grip	det
9	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grip	compound
10	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spikes	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

a magical flail that glows white whenever it strikes a devil, with a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 flail	det
2	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 flail	amod
3	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 glows	nsubj
5	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 flail	acl:relcl
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 glows	xcomp
7	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 strikes	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strikes	nsubj
9	strikes	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 glows	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 devil	det
11	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strikes	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 handstaff	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 handstaff	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 handstaff	det
15	handstaff	handstaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flail	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 gold	case
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 handstaff	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 booltheen	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 booltheen	det
20	booltheen	booltheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 handstaff	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 silver	case
22	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 booltheen	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 bronze	cc
24	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flail	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	present	a magical flail and a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze					white property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	strike	present	it	a devil				whenever property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent devil=Instrument

Option 3

a flail with an oak handle and a bronze head of cold metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flail	det
2	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 handle	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 handle	det
5	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handle	compound
6	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flail	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 head	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 head	det
9	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	compound
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handle	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 metal	case
12	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 metal	amod
13	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 head	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a flail whose handstaff and booltheen are made of red-hot iron

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flail	det
2	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 handstaff	nmod:poss
4	handstaff	handstaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 booltheen	cc
6	booltheen	booltheen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handstaff	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 iron	case
10	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 iron	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 red	punct
12	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 iron	amod
13	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		a flail				of red hot iron	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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