Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

Pursuant to the narrative, what was the fate of the bull-calf following its encounter with the fiery dragon?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative, bull calf, calf · What happens: be, follow, encounter · To what, where: fate, encounter

This is exam question 2 of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 narrative	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fate	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 fate	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fate	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fate	det
9	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 narrative	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 calf	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 calf	det
12	bull	bull	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 calf	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 bull	punct
14	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fate	nmod
15	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 calf	acl
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 encounter	nmod:poss
17	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 dragon	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 dragon	det
20	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 dragon	amod
21	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 following	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 narrative	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the narrative	the fate	of the bull calf	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the bull calf not said here	calf's encounter	with the fiery dragon	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encounter=Theme
3	encounter		calf			nom encounter «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

It was carried off alive by the monkeys to the tops of the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 carried	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 monkeys	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkeys	det
8	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 tops	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tops	det
11	tops	top	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 trees	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 trees	det
14	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tops	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	the monkeys	It		the tops of the trees		alive property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to top=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was slain by the dragon, which then burned the entire wood down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	aux:pass
3	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 dragon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slain	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 burned	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 burned	obj
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 burned	advmod
10	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dragon	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
12	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 wood	amod
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	obj
14	down	down	ADV	_	10 burned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past · passive	the dragon	It					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	burn	past		the dragon			then	down property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was slain by the dragon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	aux:pass
3	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 dragon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 slain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past · passive	the dragon	It					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

It was cut by the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 boy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive	the boy	It					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product

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