Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

Identify the condition which the Ard-Ri Conn imposed upon Goll Mor before the latter submitted to Fionn.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Ri Conn · What happens: identify, impose, submit · To what, where: condition

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1045 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn slays Aillen, Goll submits to Fionn, and Tuiren marries Iollan» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 imposed	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Conn	det
6	Ard	Ard	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Ri	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Ard	punct
8	Ri	Ri	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Conn	compound
9	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 imposed	nsubj
10	imposed	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 Goll	case
12	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 imposed	obl
13	Mor	Mor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Goll	flat
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 latter	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 latter	det
16	latter	latter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 imposed	ccomp
17	submitted	submit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 latter	acl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Fionn	case
19	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 submitted	obl:agent
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	impose	past	the Ri Conn	the condition	upon Goll	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	submit	participle				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Goll had to pay tribute to Conn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 Conn	mark
7	Conn	Conn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Goll						tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	Goll not said here	tribute				Conn obl	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Goll was required to quit Ireland or to place his hand in the champion's hand.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 required	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 required	aux:pass
3	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 quit	mark
5	quit	quit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 quit	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 place	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 place	mark
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Ireland	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hand	nmod:poss
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quit	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 hand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 champion	det
14	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hand	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 champion	case
16	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quit	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 required	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	past · passive		Goll					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	quit	to-infinitive		Ireland or place		the champion's hand			tree rules

Option 3

Goll was ordered to quit the land or to give his sword to the champion.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ordered	aux:pass
3	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 quit	mark
5	quit	quit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quit	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 give	cc
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 quit	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 sword	nmod:poss
12	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 champion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 champion	det
15	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	order	past · passive		Goll		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	quit not said to happen	to-infinitive	Goll not said here	the land		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Source
3	give	to-infinitive	Goll not said here	Goll's sword	the champion	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sword=Theme to champion=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Goll had to flee Ireland or submit his weapons to Fionn's men.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 flee	mark
4	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flee	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 submit	cc
7	submit	submit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flee	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 weapons	nmod:poss
9	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 submit	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 men	case
11	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 men	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Fionn	case
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 submit	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	have	past	Goll			tree rules
2	flee	to-infinitive	Goll not said here	Ireland		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ireland=Initial_Location
3	submit	infinitive	Goll not said here	Goll's weapons	Fionn's men	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme to man=Recipient

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