Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

To what extent did Janet's perseverance under the transformations secure Tamlane's deliverance from the Elfin court?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: extent, transformations, Tamlane · What happens: do, secure, deliver · To what, where: perseverance, deliverance, Elfin court

This is exam question 1 of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 perseverance	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Janet	case
7	perseverance	perseverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	under	under	ADP	_	11 secure	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 transformations	det
10	transformations	transformation	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 secure	nsubj
11	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
12	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 deliverance	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Tamlane	case
14	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secure	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 court	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 court	det
17	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 court	compound
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secure	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	extent	Janet's perseverance		tree rules
2	secure	present	the transformations	Tamlane's deliverance	the Elfin court	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deliverance=Theme from court=Source
3	deliver		Tamlane			nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Her unwavering grip, through every transformation, secured his deliverance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 grip	nmod:poss
2	unwavering	unwavering	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grip	amod
3	grip	grip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secured	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 transformation	punct
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 transformation	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 transformation	det
7	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grip	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 grip	punct
9	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 deliverance	nmod:poss
11	deliverance	deliverance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secured	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	secure	past	Her unwavering grip and every transformation	his deliverance	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition deliverance=Theme
2	grip		Her = she		nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent
3	deliver		his = he		nom deliverance «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She let go

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	She						tree rules
2	go	infinitive	She not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The priest's blessing at the cross saved him in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessing	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 priest	case
4	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saved	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cross	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cross	det
7	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessing	nmod
8	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saved	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past	the priest's blessing at the cross	him = he			in the end		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	bless		the priest			the cross			nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

Option 4

Her courage at the kirk, when the fire came, won the day and he was freed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 courage	nmod:poss
2	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 won	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 kirk	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kirk	det
5	kirk	kirk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 courage	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 came	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kirk	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 courage	punct
12	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 won	obl:unmarked
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 freed	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 freed	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 freed	aux:pass
18	freed	free	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 won	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	come	past	the fire			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	win	past	Her courage at the kirk		day	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	free	past · passive		fire		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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