Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among the riders of the chief court.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Janet · What happens: identify, recognise · To what, where: specific sign, lover

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sign	det
3	specific	specific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sign	amod
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 recognised	obl
7	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 recognised	nsubj
8	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	acl:relcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lover	nmod:poss
10	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recognised	obj
11	among	among	ADP	_	13 riders	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 riders	det
13	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 recognised	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 riders	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the specific sign					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	recognise	past	Janet	Janet's lover				by the specific sign; among the riders of the chief court	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lover=Stimulus

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 red plume on his helm and the mark upon his shield of gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plume	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plume	amod
3	plume	plume	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 helm	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 helm	nmod:poss
6	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plume	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 mark	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mark	det
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plume	conj
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 shield	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shield	nmod:poss
12	shield	shield	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mark	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 gold	case
14	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shield	nmod

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

Option 2

The silver brooch pinned to his breast and the tall black horse he rode, with its mane plaited with rowan and gold thread from the Elfin hall

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brooch	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brooch	amod
3	brooch	brooch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rode	nsubj
4	pinned	pin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 brooch	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 breast	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 breast	nmod:poss
7	breast	breast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pinned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 horse	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
10	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 horse	amod
11	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 horse	amod
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brooch	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 rode	nsubj
14	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 mane	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 mane	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mane	nmod:poss
18	mane	mane	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rode	obl
19	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 mane	acl
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 rowan	case
21	rowan	rowan	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 plaited	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 thread	cc
23	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 thread	compound
24	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rowan	conj
25	from	from	ADP	_	28 hall	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 hall	det
27	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 hall	compound
28	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pin	participle		the silver brooch and the tall black horse not said here		to his breast	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to breast=Co-Patient
2	ride	past	the silver brooch and the tall black horse		the Elfin hall	with breast's mane	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from hall=Trajectory
3	plait	participle		breast's mane not said here		with rowan and gold thread	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The silver helm and the ring he wore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 helm	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 helm	amod
3	helm	helm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wore	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ring	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ring	det
6	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helm	conj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wore	nsubj
8	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the silver helm and the ring						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The gloved right hand and the bare left hand of the knight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hand	det
2	gloved	glove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hand	amod
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hand	amod
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hand	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hand	det
7	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
8	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hand	amod
9	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hand	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 knight	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knight	det
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hand	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glove	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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