Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

By what means did the maiden come into possession of the yarn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: mean, do, come, possess · To what, where: maiden, possession, yarn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 262 «Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins a laird's bride, and he forbids her the spinning-wheel» 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 come	advcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maiden	det
6	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 possession	case
9	possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 yarn	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 yarn	det
12	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 possession	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	the maiden		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Eventuality
3	come	present		possession of the yarn	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into possession=Initial_Location
4	possess		the yarn		nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It was spun by Habetrot and given to her

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 spun	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spun	aux:pass
3	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Habetrot	case
5	Habetrot	Habetrot	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spun	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 given	cc
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spun	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	past · passive	Habetrot	It					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	give	participle	Habetrot not said here		Habetrot				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient

Option 2

The laird gave it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 laird	det
2	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the laird	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

It was spun by her mother and given to the laird's wife

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 spun	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spun	aux:pass
3	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 mother	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spun	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 given	cc
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spun	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 wife	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 laird	det
11	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wife	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 laird	case
13	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	past · passive	her mother	It					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	give	participle	her mother not said here		the laird's wife				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient

Option 4

She bought it at the market

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 market	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 market	det
6	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	She	it		the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at market=Asset

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