Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:…

By what method did Finnian first seek admittance to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: method · What happens: do · To what, where: Finnian first seek admittance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1033 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1: Finnian forces his way into a pagan lord's house and wins him over» 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	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Finnian	finnian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 admittance	amod
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 admittance	amod
7	seek	seek	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 admittance	compound
8	admittance	admittance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 stronghold	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stronghold	det
11	stronghold	stronghold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 gentleman	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gentleman	det
14	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 gentleman	compound
15	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stronghold	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	method	Finnian first seek admittance				to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=Eventuality

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

By calling loudly at the window and demanding entry from the lord himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 calling	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 demanding	cc
8	demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 calling	conj
9	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demanding	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 lord	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lord	det
12	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 demanding	obl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 lord	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund						at the window; loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at window=Stimulus
2	demand speech: request	gerund		entry				from the lord himself	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition from lord=Source

Option 2

By sending a boy round to the window to call out and demand entry at once

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	round	round	ADV	_	2 sending	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 call	mark
10	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sending	advcl
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 call	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 demand	cc
13	demand	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 call	conj
14	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 demand	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 demand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	send	gerund	a boy	the window	round property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to window=Destination
2	call out speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	demand speech: request	infinitive	entry			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition

Option 3

By shouting for the servants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 shouting	mark
2	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 servants	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 servants	det
5	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund						for the servants	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By calling at the window and demanding entry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 calling	mark
2	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 window	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 demanding	cc
7	demanding	demand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 calling	conj
8	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 demanding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	gerund						at the window	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at window=Stimulus
2	demand speech: request	gerund		entry					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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