Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

Which statement correctly characterises the relationship between the princess and Tom at the close of the tale?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement · What happens: characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relationship	det
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
7	between	between	ADP	_	9 princess	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relationship	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Tom	cc
11	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 princess	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 close	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 close	det
14	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 princess	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 tale	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tale	det
17	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 close	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	the relationship				between the princess at the close of the tale and Tom; correctly property	tree rules

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

she turned away from him in anger and tears

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 turned	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 anger	case
7	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tears	cc
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 anger	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past	she			anger and tears		from him = he; away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source

Option 2

she placed her hands into his as a sign of consent, and then announced their wedding to the entire court that very evening

The tree, 23 words

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 placed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	9 sign	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sign	nmod:poss
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 sign	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 consent	case
11	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sign	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 announced	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 announced	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 announced	advmod
15	announced	announce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 placed	conj
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 wedding	nmod:poss
17	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 announced	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 court	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 court	det
20	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 court	amod
21	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 announced	obl
22	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 evening	nsubj
23	very	very	ADV	_	24 evening	advmod
24	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 court	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	place	past	she	her hands		his sign of consent		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	announce speech: other	past	she not said here	hands's wedding	the entire court		then	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme to court=Recipient
3	evening		that					tree rules
4	sign		his = he	consent				nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
5	wed		hands = hand					nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she placed her hands into his as a sign of consent

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 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 placed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	9 sign	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sign	nmod:poss
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 sign	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 consent	case
11	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	she	her hands		his sign of consent			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	sign		his = he	consent					nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

she laughed and walked away from the court

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walked	cc
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	she						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk away	past	she not said here			the court		away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from court=Source

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