Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

In what manner does the text state that the Danes withdrew from Dublin following the arrival of the flail?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Danes, flail · What happens: do, withdraw, follow, arrive · To what, where: text state, manner, Dublin, arrival

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	compound
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 withdrew	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Danes	det
10	Danes	Dane	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 withdrew	nsubj
11	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 Dublin	case
13	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 withdrew	obl
14	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 withdrew	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 arrival	det
16	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 flail	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 flail	det
19	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 arrival	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present		the text state	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality
2	withdraw	past	the Danes		Dublin	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from dublin=Initial_Location
3	follow	gerund	the Danes not said here	the arrival of the flail		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Theme
4	arrive		the flail			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

by abandoning their camp, burning their tents, and sailing away in their ships to Denmark and beyond

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 abandoning	mark
2	abandoning	abandon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 camp	nmod:poss
4	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandoning	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 burning	punct
6	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 abandoning	conj
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tents	nmod:poss
8	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 burning	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sailing	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sailing	cc
11	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 abandoning	conj
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 sailing	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 ships	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ships	nmod:poss
15	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sailing	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Denmark	case
17	Denmark	Denmark	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sailing	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 beyond	cc
19	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	2 abandoning	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	abandon	gerund	their camp				vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme camp=Source
2	burn	gerund	their tents				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tent=Theme
3	sail away	gerund		Denmark	tents's ships	away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to denmark=Trajectory

Option 2

by rowing off in their longboats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 rowing	mark
2	rowing	row	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rowing	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 longboats	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 longboats	nmod:poss
6	longboats	longboat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row off	gerund				their longboats			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by sailing away in their ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 sailing	mark
2	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 sailing	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 ships	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ships	nmod:poss
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sailing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail away	gerund				their ships		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

by marching off to the north coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 marching	mark
2	marching	march	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 marching	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coast	det
6	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coast	compound
7	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 marching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	march off	gerund						to the north coast result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to coast=Result

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