Test 14 · ★ · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…
Wha'? The herald, did he know the lad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: herald · What happens: know · To what, where: lad
This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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
Sentence 1: Wha'?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wha | Wha | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Wha | case |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wha | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: The herald, did he know the lad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 herald | det |
| 2 | herald | herald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 herald | punct |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 know | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lad | det |
| 8 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past · do-support | the herald | the lad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lad=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the herald knew him well from the fort of Uail's house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 herald | det |
| 4 | herald | herald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knew | nsubj |
| 5 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 knew | obj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 knew | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 fort | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fort | det |
| 10 | fort | fort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knew | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 house | case |
| 12 | Uail | Uail | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 house | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Uail | case |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fort | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the herald | him = he | the fort of Uail's house | well property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2
No, nobody in the hall had ever seen him at a feast before this night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hall | det |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nobody | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 seen | aux |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 seen | advmod |
| 9 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 seen | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 feast | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 feast | det |
| 13 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seen | obl |
| 14 | before | before | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 night | det |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · perfect | nobody | him = he | a feast | ever; night | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, nobody knew him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 knew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 knew | nsubj |
| 4 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 knew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | nobody | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, he was a stranger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 stranger | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stranger | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stranger | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stranger | det |
| 6 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a stranger | tree rules |
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