Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the flail from the stone steps?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be, attempt, seize · To what, where: outcome, flail

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 Redhead	case
6	Redhead	redhead	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 attempted	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 attempted	nsubj
9	attempted	attempt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 seize	mark
11	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 attempted	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flail	det
13	flail	flail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seize	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 steps	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 steps	det
16	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 steps	compound
17	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 seize	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome	for Redhead	tree rules
2	attempt	past	he			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	seize not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the flail	from the stone steps	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flail=Theme from step=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

he wept and hid under the stone steps until morning

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 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 steps	advcl
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hid	cc
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 stone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stone	det
7	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
8	steps	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	until	until	ADP	_	10 morning	case
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 steps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	weep	past	he			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	past	he not said here	the stone		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stone=Location
3	step	present			morning	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he roared and danced in pain until Tom eased his hands

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 roared	nsubj
2	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 danced	cc
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 roared	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pain	case
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 danced	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 eased	mark
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 eased	nsubj
9	eased	ease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 danced	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	roar	past	he			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	dance	past	he not said here		pain	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location
3	ease	past	Tom	Tom's hands		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

he roared and danced in pain until Tom finally eased his hands, but his hands stayed blistered for a month afterwards

The tree, 21 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	2 roared	nsubj
2	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 danced	cc
4	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 roared	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 pain	case
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 danced	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 eased	mark
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 eased	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 eased	advmod
10	eased	ease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 danced	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hands	nmod:poss
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eased	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 blistered	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 blistered	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hands	nmod:poss
16	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 blistered	nsubj:pass
17	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 blistered	aux:pass
18	blistered	blister	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 roared	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 month	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 month	det
21	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 blistered	obl
22	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	18 blistered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	past	he					vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	dance	past	he not said here		pain			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location
3	ease	past	Tom	Tom's hands			finally property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient
4	blister	past · passive		Tom's hands		month	afterwards property	tree rules

Option 4

he laughed and clapped for joy

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 clapped	cc
4	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 joy	case
6	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	past	he not said here					for joy	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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