Test 8 · ★ · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…
Does Fionn have the wisdom gnasher, the tooth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fionn · What happens: have · To what, where: wisdom gnasher
This is test 8 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 2 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gnasher | det |
| 5 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gnasher | compound |
| 6 | gnasher | gnasher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tooth | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tooth | det |
| 9 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gnasher | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | Fionn | the wisdom gnasher and the tooth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnasher=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
Yes, his wisdom tooth, which he presses with his thumb when he needs to know
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 tooth | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tooth | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 tooth | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tooth | compound |
| 5 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 presses | punct |
| 7 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 presses | nsubj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 presses | nsubj |
| 9 | presses | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tooth | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 thumb | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 thumb | nmod:poss |
| 12 | thumb | thumb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 presses | obl |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 15 needs | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 needs | nsubj |
| 15 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 presses | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 know | mark |
| 17 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 needs | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | present | his wisdom tooth | with his thumb | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | need | present | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
No, he lost the tooth at sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tooth | det |
| 6 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | the tooth | sea | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yes, the tooth that gave him knowledge from the salmon he cooked for his master
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 13 cooked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tooth | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tooth | det |
| 4 | tooth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cooked | nsubj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tooth | acl:relcl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gave | iobj |
| 8 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 salmon | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 salmon | det |
| 11 | salmon | salmon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obl |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cooked | nsubj |
| 13 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 master | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 master | nmod:poss |
| 16 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cooked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the tooth | knowledge | tooth | the salmon | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient knowledge=Theme | ||
| 2 | cook | past | the tooth | for tooth's master | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for master=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, his Tooth of Knowledge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 Tooth | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Tooth | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 Tooth | nmod:poss |
| 4 | Tooth | Tooth | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Knowledge | case |
| 6 | Knowledge | Knowledge | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Tooth | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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