Exam question 2 · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…

What undertaking did the sureties bind themselves to fulfil?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sureties · What happens: undertake, do, bind, fulfil · To what, where: sureties

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sureties	det
5	sureties	surety	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bind	nsubj
6	bind	bind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 bind	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fulfil	mark
9	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bind	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	undertake	gerund			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	do	past			tree rules
3	bind	present	the sureties	sureties = surety	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
4	fulfil	to-infinitive	the sureties not said here		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 · ✓ the right answer

The bargain made with Fionn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bargain	det
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bargain	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Fionn	case
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		the bargain not said here				with Fionn	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

Everything that the sureties had promised to Aillen at the feast of Samhain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 promised	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sureties	det
4	sureties	surety	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 promised	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 promised	aux
6	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Everything	acl:relcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Aillen	case
8	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 promised	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 feast	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feast	det
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promised	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Samhain	case
13	Samhain	Samhain	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 feast	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past · perfect · passive		the sureties	Aillen	the feast of Samhain			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal that=Theme

Option 3

The pact of the High King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pact	det
2	pact	pact	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 King	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 King	amod
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pact	nmod

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

Option 4

The bargain made between Fionn and the High King before the whole hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bargain	det
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bargain	acl
4	between	between	ADP	_	5 Fionn	case
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 King	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
8	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 King	amod
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Fionn	conj
10	before	before	ADP	_	13 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hall	amod
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		the bargain not said here			before the whole hall	between Fionn and the High King	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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