Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy and Folk Tales, Habetrot: a magic yarn wins…

Which circumstance rendered the laird's wish to marry the maiden manifest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: circumstance, laird · What happens: render, marry, wish · To what, where: wish, maiden manifest

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 circumstance	det
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	nsubj
3	rendered	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 laird	det
5	laird	laird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wish	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 laird	case
7	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rendered	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 marry	mark
9	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rendered	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 manifest	det
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 manifest	amod
12	manifest	manifest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marry	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 rendered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	render	past	which circumstance	the laird's wish	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Theme
2	marry	to-infinitive	which circumstance not said here	the maiden manifest	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manifest=Patient
3	wish		the laird		nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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

His love of her face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 love	nmod:poss
2	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 face	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 face	nmod:poss
5	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 love	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love		His = he	her face					nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

His wish for a cook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wish	nmod:poss
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 cook	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cook	det
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wish	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish		His = he					for a cook	nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 3

His wish for a bride from the glen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 wish	nmod:poss
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 bride	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bride	det
5	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wish	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 glen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 glen	det
8	glen	glen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bride	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish		His = he					for a bride from the glen	nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His desire for a skilled spinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 desire	nmod:poss
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 spinner	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spinner	det
5	skilled	skilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spinner	amod
6	spinner	spinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 desire	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	desire		His = he					for a skilled spinner	nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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