Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:…

Which of the following is the correct account of the Abbott's declared origin, as recorded in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, declare, record · To what, where: declared origin, passage

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 account	det
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 account	amod
8	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 origin	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Abbott	det
11	Abbott	Abbott	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 origin	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Abbott	case
13	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 origin	amod
14	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 account	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 recorded	mark
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 origin	acl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the correct account; of the Abbott's declared origin	tree rules
3	declare speech: other	participle				vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	record	participle	the Abbott's declared origin not said here	the passage		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination

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

He is by blood a Leinsterman, though he was born far north in Donegal and raised by druids

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blood	cop
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 blood	case
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Leinsterman	det
6	Leinsterman	Leinsterman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blood	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 born	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 born	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 born	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 born	aux:pass
11	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blood	parataxis
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 north	advmod
13	north	north	ADV	_	11 born	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Donegal	case
15	Donegal	Donegal	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 born	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 raised	cc
17	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 born	conj
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 druids	case
19	druids	druid	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 raised	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			by blood	tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		he	Donegal	north property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	raise	participle					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is by blood a Leinsterman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blood	cop
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 blood	case
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Leinsterman	det
6	Leinsterman	Leinsterman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blood	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					by blood	tree rules

Option 3

He is by blood a Leinsterman, raised among the monks of Clonard and Finnian's own household

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blood	cop
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 blood	case
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Leinsterman	det
6	Leinsterman	Leinsterman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blood	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 raised	punct
8	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 blood	acl
9	among	among	ADP	_	11 monks	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 monks	det
11	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 raised	obl:agent
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Clonard	case
13	Clonard	Clonard	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 monks	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 household	cc
15	Finnian	Finnian	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 household	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Finnian	case
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 household	amod
18	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Clonard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					by blood	tree rules
2	raise	participle		blood not said here					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is by blood from Munster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blood	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blood	cop
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 blood	case
4	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Munster	case
6	Munster	Munster	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 blood	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			Munster		by blood	tree rules

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