Exam question 4 · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this section of the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, present, fate, section · To what, where: fate, section, people, narrative

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fate	det
3	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 people	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 people	det
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fate	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Nemed	case
8	Nemed	Nemed	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 people	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 presented	mark
10	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Describe	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 section	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 section	det
13	section	section	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 presented	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 section	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the fate of the people of Nemed		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
2	present	participle	you not said here		this section of the narrative	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fate			the people of Nemed		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient
4	section			the narrative		nom section «communication 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

they perished, leaving only bones in the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 leaving	punct
4	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 perished	advcl
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 bones	advmod
6	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 leaving	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 land	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 land	det
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	past	they						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	they not said here	bones		the land			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in land=Location

Option 2

they perished to the last man, leaving nothing but bones scattered across the plain of Ulster

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaving	punct
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 perished	advcl
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 leaving	obj
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 bones	cc
11	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 nothing	conj
12	scattered	scatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 nothing	acl
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 plain	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plain	det
15	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 scattered	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Ulster	case
17	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 plain	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	perish	past	they			to the last man	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	they not said here	nothing			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
3	scatter	participle			the plain of Ulster		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across plain=Destination

Option 3

they wandered off and settled far across the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wandered	nsubj
2	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 wandered	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 settled	cc
5	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wandered	conj
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 settled	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 settled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander off	past	they						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	settle	past	they not said here			the sea		far property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

they perished in the great war, leaving only bones in the land and the sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 perished	nsubj
2	perished	perish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 war	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 war	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 war	amod
6	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 perished	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leaving	punct
8	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 perished	advcl
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 bones	advmod
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 leaving	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 land	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 land	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 leaving	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sea	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perish	past	they			the great war			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	gerund	they not said here	bones		the land and the sea			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in land=Location

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