Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

Which of the following does the narrative identify as the source of Fionn's composure in the dark?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 identify	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrative	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 narrative	case
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 narrative	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 narrative	det
7	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identify	obl
8	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 source	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 source	det
11	source	source	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identify	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 composure	case
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 composure	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Fionn	case
15	composure	composure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 source	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 dark	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dark	det
18	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 composure	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present						of the narrative; as the source of Fionn's composure in the dark	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme as source=Attribute

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

His knowledge of the sounds of the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 knowledge	nmod:poss
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sounds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sounds	det
5	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 knowledge	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sounds	nmod

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

Option 2

His ability to see in the dark better than any man of the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ability	nmod:poss
2	ability	ability	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ability	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
8	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 see	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 man	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 man	det
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 better	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 man	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive				the dark		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

His courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 courage	nmod:poss
2	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

His trust in the spear and the gods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 trust	nmod:poss
2	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 spear	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spear	det
5	spear	spear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trust	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gods	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 trust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust		His = he			the spear			nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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