Exam question 4 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

Describe the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland for the marriage contracted between him and Janet.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, marriage, Tamlane · What happens: describe, contract, return · To what, where: chief consequence, Elfland

This is exam question 4 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
3	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 return	case
6	Tamlane	Tamlane	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Tamlane	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Elfland	case
10	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 return	nmod
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 contracted	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 marriage	det
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 contracted	nsubj
14	contracted	contract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	advcl
15	between	between	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 contracted	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Janet	cc
18	Janet	Janet	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 contracted	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the chief consequence of Tamlane's return from Elfland			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	contract	past	the marriage			between Elfland	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	return		Tamlane		Elfland		nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 refused him, and he rode back to the hill of the Queen

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rode	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rode	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rode	nsubj
7	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 rode	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rode	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hill	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	She	him = he					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	ride back	past	he			the hill of the Queen			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hill=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were lawfully wed after his purification by holy water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wed	aux:pass
3	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	4 wed	advmod
4	wed	w	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 purification	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 purification	nmod:poss
7	purification	purification	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 water	amod
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	w	past · passive	holy water	They			after his purification	lawfully property	tree rules
2	purify		his = he						nom purification «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They lived apart after his long return to the Elfin hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 return	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 return	nmod:poss
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 return	amod
7	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hills	det
10	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hills	compound
11	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 return	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They				after his long return to the Elfin hills	apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	return		his = he					to the Elfin hills	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They were wed in a grand ceremony at the castle, with the Queen of Elfland herself attending, and a feast lasting three days with music and dancing

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wed	aux:pass
3	wed	w	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 ceremony	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ceremony	det
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ceremony	amod
7	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wed	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ceremony	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Queen	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 Queen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wed	parataxis
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Elfland	case
16	Elfland	Elfland	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Queen	nmod
17	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	18 attending	nsubj
18	attending	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 Queen	acl:relcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 dancing	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 dancing	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 feast	det
22	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 dancing	nsubj
23	lasting	last	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 feast	acl
24	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 days	nummod
25	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 lasting	obj
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 music	case
27	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lasting	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 dancing	cc
29	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	w	past · passive		They	a grand ceremony at the castle			tree rules
2	attend	gerund	Elfland	the Queen of Elfland not said here				vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme queen=Goal
3	last	gerund	a feast not said here			day	with music	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
4	dancing		a feast					tree rules

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