Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…

By what declaration did Fionn secure his preservation from the robber's blade?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: declaration, Fionn · What happens: secure, preserve · To what, where: preservation, blade

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 secure	obl
3	declaration	declaration	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 secure	aux
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 secure	nsubj
6	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 preservation	nmod:poss
8	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 blade	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 robber	det
11	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blade	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 robber	case
13	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 secure	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 secure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	past · do-support	declaration	Fionn's preservation		the robber's blade			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent preservation=Theme from blade=Source
2	preserve		Fionn						nom preservation «act transitive»: poss=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

He swore an oath on his spear and his gold

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	2 swore	nsubj
2	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 oath	det
4	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 spear	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 spear	nmod:poss
7	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swore	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gold	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 gold	nmod:poss
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	He	a oath		his spear and his gold			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality

Option 2

He recited a poem about the robber's great spear

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	2 recited	nsubj
2	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 poem	det
4	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recited	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	10 spear	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robber	det
7	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spear	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 robber	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spear	amod
10	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	past	He	a poem				about the robber's great spear	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He stated "The son of Uail, son of Baiscne"

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	2 stated	nsubj
2	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 son	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stated	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Uail	case
7	Uail	Uail	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 son	punct
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Baiscne	case
11	Baiscne	Baiscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 son	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	past	He	the son of Uail					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic

Option 4

He begged for mercy

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	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 mercy	case
4	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He					for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

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