Exam question 1 · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

Which of the following describes the principal means by which the guardians conceal the infant Fionn from the sons of Morna?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: principal, guardians · What happens: follow, describe, mean, conceal · To what, where: infant Fionn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1038 «Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn trains hard, learns to swim, and is left sneezing in a tree» 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	5 describes	obj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 principal	det
7	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 conceal	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 guardians	det
12	guardians	guardian	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conceal	nsubj
13	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Fionn	det
15	infant	infant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Fionn	amod
16	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 conceal	obj
17	from	from	ADP	_	19 sons	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sons	det
19	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conceal	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Morna	case
21	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 sons	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the principal			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	conceal	present	the guardians	the infant Fionn	from the sons of Morna	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fionn=Patient from son=Beneficiary

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

By concealing him in a remote wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		him = he		a remote wood			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in wood=Location

Option 2

By keeping him inside a remote wood far from every road and sealing off the paths with stones

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 keeping	mark
2	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keeping	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obl
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 road	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeping	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sealing	cc
13	sealing	seal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 keeping	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	16 paths	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 paths	det
16	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sealing	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 stones	case
18	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		him = he		a remote wood		from every road	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme inside wood=Location
2	seal off	gerund		the paths				with stones	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent path=Patient with stone=Instrument

Option 3

By concealing him in a remote wood under the guardianship of druid women who hid him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 concealing	mark
2	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 concealing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wood	det
6	remote	remote	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wood	amod
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl
8	under	under	ADP	_	10 guardianship	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 guardianship	det
10	guardianship	guardianship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 women	case
12	druid	druid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 women	compound
13	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 guardianship	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 hid	nsubj
15	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 women	acl:relcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	gerund		him = he		a remote wood		under the guardianship of druid women	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in wood=Location
2	hide	past	druid women	him = he					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

By disguising him as a girl at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disguising	mark
2	disguising	disguise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 disguising	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 girl	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disguising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disguise	gerund			him = he	home		as a girl	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination

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