Exam question 2 · Fionn mac Cumhaill, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 6: Fionn tr…

Upon what grounds does the narrative state that Fionn is forbidden to vocalise or sneeze during the night?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrative state · What happens: ground, do, forbid, vocalise, sneeze · To what, where: narrative state, Fionn

This is exam question 2 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	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	3 grounds	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 grounds	nsubj
3	grounds	ground	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 does	advcl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 state	det
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 state	compound
7	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 forbidden	mark
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 forbidden	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 forbidden	aux:pass
11	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 state	acl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 vocalise	mark
13	vocalise	vocalise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 forbidden	xcomp
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 sneeze	cc
15	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 vocalise	conj
16	during	during	ADP	_	18 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sneeze	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	ground	present				vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	present		the narrative state		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality
3	forbid	present · passive	the narrative state not said here	Fionn		tree rules
4	vocalise	to-infinitive	the narrative state not said here			tree rules
5	sneeze	infinitive	the narrative state not said here		night	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians

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	3 placed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 bonds	case
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bonds	amod
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 guardians	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 guardians	nmod:poss
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive	his guardians	He		formal bonds			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination

Option 2

He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians and is tied to the tree with rope through the night

The tree, 20 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	3 placed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 bonds	case
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bonds	amod
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 guardians	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 guardians	nmod:poss
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tied	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 tied	aux:pass
12	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 placed	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tree	det
15	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tied	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 rope	case
17	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tied	obl
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 night	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 night	det
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive	his guardians	He		formal bonds			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination
2	tie	present · passive	his guardians not said here				night	to the tree; with rope	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to tree=Co-Patient

Option 3

He is placed under formal bonds by his guardians, who fear that any noise will bring the sons of Morna

The tree, 20 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	3 placed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 bonds	case
5	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bonds	amod
6	bonds	bond	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 guardians	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 guardians	nmod:poss
9	guardians	guardian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 placed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fear	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 fear	nsubj
12	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 guardians	acl:relcl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 bring	mark
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 noise	det
15	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bring	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 bring	aux
17	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 fear	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sons	det
19	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 bring	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Morna	case
21	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 sons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	place	present · passive	his guardians	He		formal bonds	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme under bond=Destination
2	fear	present	his guardians				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	bring	future	any noise		the sons of Morna		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is forbidden by an oath from his aunts

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	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 oath	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 oath	det
6	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 aunts	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 aunts	nmod:poss
9	aunts	aunt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive	a oath	He				from his aunts	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary from aunt=Eventuality

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