Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

Which entity is it that Fionn perceives approaching in the final passage of this part?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: entity, part · What happens: be, perceive, approach, pass · To what, where: it, final passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1044 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 entity	det
2	entity	entity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perceives	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 it	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 entity	nmod
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 perceives	mark
6	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 perceives	nsubj
7	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 perceives	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 passage	det
11	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 passage	amod
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 approaching	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 part	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 passage	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 perceives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present		it		tree rules
2	perceive	present	which entity			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	approach	gerund	which entity not said here		the final passage of this part	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pass		this part			nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 presence	det
2	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 presence	amod
3	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 moving	punct
5	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 presence	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund	a darker presence not said here				night		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A great black creature from the Shi', rising from the mound and moving through the moonlit night toward the plain

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 creature	det
2	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creature	amod
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creature	amod
4	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Shi	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Shi	det
7	Shi	Shi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 creature	nmod
8	',	',	PART	_	7 Shi	case
9	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 creature	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 mound	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mound	det
12	mound	mound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rising	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 moving	cc
14	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 rising	conj
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
17	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 night	amod
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 moving	obl
19	toward	toward	ADP	_	21 plain	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 plain	det
21	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	gerund	a great black creature from the Shi not said here			the mound			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mound=Initial_Location
2	move	gerund	a great black creature from the Shi not said here			the plain	night		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme toward plain=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A hidden warrior, approaching slowly across the marsh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 warrior	det
2	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 warrior	amod
3	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 approaching	punct
5	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 warrior	acl
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 approaching	advmod
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 marsh	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 marsh	det
9	marsh	marsh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 approaching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	approach	gerund	a hidden warrior not said here			the marsh		slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme across marsh=Initial_Location

Option 4

A darker presence, moving through the moonlit night, carrying a spear wrapped in cloth and blood

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 presence	det
2	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 presence	amod
3	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 moving	punct
5	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 presence	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
8	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 night	amod
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carrying	punct
11	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 moving	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spear	det
13	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carrying	obj
14	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 spear	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 cloth	case
16	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wrapped	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 blood	cc
18	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 cloth	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	move	gerund	a darker presence not said here			night	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	carry	gerund	a darker presence not said here	a spear			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme
3	wrap	participle		a spear not said here	cloth and blood		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in cloth=Destination

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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