Exam question 1 · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…
To which person did the High King assign the seat at his right hand?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: do · To what, where: High King assign, right hand
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 person | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 assign | det |
| 6 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 assign | amod |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 assign | compound |
| 8 | assign | assign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seat | det |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 hand | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 hand | nmod:poss |
| 13 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 hand | amod |
| 14 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which person | the High King assign | person's right hand | 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
Art, the son of the High King, who was next in line
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 son | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Art | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 7 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 King | amod |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 next | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 next | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 next | cop |
| 12 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 son | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 line | case |
| 14 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 next | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the son of the High King | line | next property | tree rules |
Option 2
Conn's son, the young prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conn | Conn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 son | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Conn | case |
| 3 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 prince | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 6 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 prince | amod |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 son | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The seat went to Goll, the champion of the Fianna, whose fame was known to all
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 seat | det |
| 2 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Goll | case |
| 5 | Goll | Goll | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 champion | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 champion | det |
| 8 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Goll | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Fianna | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Fianna | det |
| 11 | Fianna | Fianna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 champion | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 known | punct |
| 13 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 14 fame | nmod:poss |
| 14 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 known | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 known | aux:pass |
| 16 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 Fianna | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 all | case |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 known | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the seat | Goll | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to goll=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | know | past · passive | fame | to all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Art, the son of the High King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Art | Art | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 son | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Art | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 7 | High | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 King | amod |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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