Exam question 1 · Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge,…

Upon what basis does the king pronounce the boy's true parentage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, boy · What happens: pronounce, parent · To what, where: true parentage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1041 «Boyhood Deeds of Fionn, Fionn and the Salmon of Knowledge, part 9: Fionn beats the king at chess, is unmasked, and goes to learn from Finegas» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 pronounce	obl
3	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pronounce	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pronounce	nsubj
7	pronounce	pronounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 parentage	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 boy	case
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 parentage	amod
12	parentage	parentage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pronounce	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 pronounce	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · do-support	the king	the boy's true parentage					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parentage=Theme
2	parent		the boy						nom parentage «state 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 · ← Mova's choice

By the boy's own word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	6 word	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 boy	case
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		the boy						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He sees a sign

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 sees	nsubj
2	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sign	det
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	He	a sign					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus

Option 3

He names Uall mac Balscne as father, having heard the boy's whole story

The tree, 14 words

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 names	nsubj
2	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Uall	Uall	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mac	compound
4	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 names	obj
5	Balscne	Balscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mac	flat
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 father	case
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 names	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 having	punct
9	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 heard	csubj
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 names	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 story	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 boy	case
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 story	amod
15	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	name	present	He	Uall mac	as father	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mac=Theme as father=Attribute
2	have	gerund				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	hear	past	having	the boy's whole story		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He names Uall mac Balscne as father

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 names	nsubj
2	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Uall	Uall	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mac	compound
4	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 names	obj
5	Balscne	Balscne	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mac	flat
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 father	case
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 names	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present	He	Uall mac				as father	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent mac=Theme as father=Attribute

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