Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

What is the precise function of the spear that Fiacuil conveys to Fionn during this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: precise function, Fiacuil · What happens: be, convey · To what, where: Fionn

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 function	det
4	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 function	amod
5	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 spear	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spear	det
8	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 function	nmod
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 conveys	mark
10	Fiacuil	Fiacuil	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conveys	nsubj
11	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 function	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Fionn	case
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conveys	obl
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 part	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 part	det
16	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conveys	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the precise function of the spear						tree rules
2	convey	present	Fiacuil		Fionn		during this part		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to fionn=Recipient

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

To keep Fionn awake by its heat and stench

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
4	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 heat	nmod:poss
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stench	cc
9	stench	stench	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		Fionn				by its heat and stench; awake property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fionn=Theme by heat=Location
2	heat		its = it						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To warn the city of the coming danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 city	det
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 danger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 danger	det
7	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 danger	amod
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the city of the coming danger					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent city=Recipient
2	come	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To protect Fionn from the music of the Shi'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 music	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 music	det
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Shi	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Shi	det
9	Shi	Shi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 music	nmod
10	'	's	PART	_	9 Shi	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive			Fionn			from the music of the Shi	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent fionn=Beneficiary from music=Theme

Option 4

To wound Aillen so badly that he will never sing again in his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wound	mark
2	wound	wound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wound	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 badly	advmod
5	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 wound	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 sing	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sing	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sing	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 sing	advmod
10	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wound	advcl
11	again	again	ADV	_	10 sing	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 life	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 life	nmod:poss
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	to-infinitive		Aillen				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus aillen=Experiencer
2	not sing speech: express	future	Aillen			Aillen's life	again		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location

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