Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is h…

What did the king say when he observed Fionn's appearance and bearing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, say, observe · To what, where: appearance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1040 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn, part 8: Fionn grows strong, is hunted, leaves the boys' lake and serves a king» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 observed	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 observed	nsubj
8	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 appearance	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fionn	case
11	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 observed	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 bearing	cc
13	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 appearance	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the king		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	observe	past	king	Fionn's appearance and bearing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent appearance=Topic

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

Surely you are the son of the Fianna chief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surely	surely	ADV	_	5 son	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 son	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 son	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 chief	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chief	det
8	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chief	compound
9	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	you	the son				of the Fianna chief; surely property	tree rules

Option 2

If Cumhall had a son, you would be him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 had	mark
2	Cumhall	Cumhall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 would	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 son	det
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 would	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 him	cop
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 would	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Cumhall	a son					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	is a	infinitive		Cumhall					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

If Uail son of Baiscne has a son, you are he

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
2	Uail	Uail	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 son	compound
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Baiscne	case
5	Baiscne	Baiscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 son	nmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 are	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 are	nsubj
11	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have a condition, not said to happen	present	Uail son of Baiscne	a son					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	does	present	you						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

If Uail son of Baiscne has a son, then surely you are he, my boy

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
2	Uail	Uail	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 son	compound
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Baiscne	case
5	Baiscne	Baiscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 son	nmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 son	det
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 surely	advmod
11	surely	surely	ADV	_	6 has	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 he	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 he	cop
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 boy	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 boy	nmod:poss
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 he	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Uail son of Baiscne	a son				surely property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	is a	present	you	Baiscne					tree rules

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