Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…

In what manner did the women dispose of Fionn upon the arrival of the travelling poets?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: women, travelling poets · What happens: do, dispose, arrive · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1039 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fionn is spared by the robber Fiacuil and carried off to his marsh den» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 women	det
6	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dispose	nsubj
7	dispose	dispose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Fionn	case
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dispose	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 arrival	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 arrival	det
12	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dispose	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 poets	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 poets	det
15	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 poets	compound
16	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 arrival	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dispose	present	the women		of Fionn; upon the arrival of the travelling poets	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
3	arrive		the travelling poets			nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=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

They gave him to a robber

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 robber	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 robber	det
6	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	They		him = he			to a robber	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to robber=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They handed him over to them

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 handed	nsubj
2	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	2 handed	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	past	They	him = he	them = they				vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to they=Destination

Option 3

They locked him in a hut and let the robber take him away later

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 locked	nsubj
2	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 locked	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hut	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hut	det
6	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locked	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 locked	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 robber	det
10	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lock	past	They	him = he	a hut		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	let	infinitive	They not said here	the robber			tree rules
3	take away	infinitive	the robber not said here	him = he		away, late property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

They tied him up and handed him over to the travelling poets at dawn

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 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 tied	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 handed	cc
6	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 handed	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	6 handed	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 poets	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 poets	det
11	travelling	travelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 poets	compound
12	poets	poet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 handed	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past	They	him = he					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	hand over	past	They not said here	him = he		the travelling poets	dawn		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to poet=Destination

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