Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn…

Specify the nature of the omission by which the poet acknowledged that he had deceived his pupil.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, poet · What happens: specify, acknowledge, deceive · To what, where: nature, pupil

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1042 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn roasts the salmon, is tempted, and sets out for Tara» 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	Specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Specify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 omission	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 omission	det
6	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 acknowledged	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poet	det
10	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 acknowledged	nsubj
11	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 omission	acl:relcl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 deceived	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 deceived	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 deceived	aux
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 acknowledged	ccomp
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 pupil	nmod:poss
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deceived	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the omission		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	acknowledge	past	the poet		by the omission	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	deceive	past · perfect	poet	poet's pupil		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the prohibition on eating the salmon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	SCONJ	_	4 eating	mark
4	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 prohibition	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 salmon	det
6	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	gerund	the prohibition not said here	the salmon					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Patient

Option 2

the promise of a share of the salmon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promise	det
2	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 share	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 share	det
5	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promise	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 salmon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 salmon	det
8	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise			a share of the salmon					nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	share			the salmon					nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

the silence about the forbidden feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 silence	det
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 feast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 feast	det
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 feast	amod
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 silence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	participle							vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 4

the rule about the sacred salmon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 salmon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 salmon	det
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 salmon	amod
6	salmon	salmon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rule	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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