Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…
Which individual perpetrated the slaughter of the junior poets, and by what name was he known?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: individual · What happens: perpetrate, know, slaughter · To what, where: slaughter, name, junior poets
This is exam question 2 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 individual | det |
| 2 | individual | individual | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 perpetrated | nsubj |
| 3 | perpetrated | perpetrate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 slaughter | det |
| 5 | slaughter | slaughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 perpetrated | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 poets | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 poets | det |
| 8 | junior | junior | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 poets | amod |
| 9 | poets | poet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 slaughter | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 what | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 perpetrated | parataxis |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 known | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 known | aux:pass |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 known | nsubj |
| 17 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 what | acl:relcl |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 perpetrated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perpetrate | past | which individual | the slaughter of the junior poets | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | past · passive | name | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | slaughter | the junior poets | nom slaughter «act 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
Fiacuil mac Cona, the great robber who came out of Leinster to kill them all
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiacuil | Fiacuil | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | flat |
| 3 | Cona | Cona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 robber | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 robber | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robber | amod |
| 7 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 robber | acl:relcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 12 Leinster | case |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Leinster | case |
| 12 | Leinster | Leinster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 came | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 kill | mark |
| 14 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 came | advcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kill | obj |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 them | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | the great robber | Leinster | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient leinster=Result | ||||
| 2 | kill | to-infinitive | the great robber not said here | them = they | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Fiacuil mac Cona, a Leinsterman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiacuil | Fiacuil | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | flat |
| 3 | Cona | Cona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Leinsterman | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Leinsterman | det |
| 6 | Leinsterman | Leinsterman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fiacuil | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The sons of Morna, who had come from Ulster to slay the young poets with spears
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sons | det |
| 2 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Morna | case |
| 4 | Morna | Morna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sons | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 come | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 sons | acl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 Ulster | case |
| 10 | Ulster | Ulster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 come | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 slay | mark |
| 12 | slay | slay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 come | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 poets | det |
| 14 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 poets | amod |
| 15 | poets | poet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 slay | obj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 spears | case |
| 17 | spears | spear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 slay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | the sons of Morna | Ulster | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ulster=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | slay | to-infinitive | the sons of Morna not said here | the young poets | with spears | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent poet=Patient with spear=Instrument |
Option 4
Caoilte mac Ronan, a Connachtman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caoilte | Caoilte | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Caoilte | flat |
| 3 | Ronan | Ronan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Caoilte | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Connachtman | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Connachtman | det |
| 6 | Connachtman | Connachtman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Caoilte | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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