Test 5 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, part 7: Fio…

Bro, was Fionn actually scared of the robber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fionn · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 robber	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 robber	det
9	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Fionn					of the robber; Bro vocative; actually, scared property	tree rules

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

He showed his teeth and then gave his name to the robber

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 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 teeth	nmod:poss
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 showed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 gave	advmod
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 showed	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 robber	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 robber	det
12	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	show	past	He	his teeth			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient
2	give	past	He not said here	his name	the robber	then	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to robber=Recipient
3	name		his = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He turned pale and begged the robber for his life quietly

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 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 turned	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 begged	cc
5	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 robber	det
7	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begged	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 life	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 begged	obl
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 begged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	He					pale property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	beg speech: request	past	He not said here	the robber				for his life; quietly property	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent robber=Recipient for life=Topic

Option 3

He sat down calmly

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 sat	compound:prt
4	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	2 sat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past	He					calmly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He showed his teeth

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 showed	nsubj
2	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 teeth	nmod:poss
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 showed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	He	his teeth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient

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