Test 8 · ★ · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

was Iollan a proper lad or just a bit of a chancer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: Iollan

This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Iollan	cop
2	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lad	nsubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lad	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lad	amod
5	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 bit	cc
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 bit	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lad	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 chancer	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chancer	det
12	chancer	chancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bit	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		Iollan					tree rules

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

he was a chief from Ulster who asked for her proper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chief	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chief	det
4	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Ulster	case
6	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chief	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 proper	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 proper	nmod:poss
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a chief		Ulster			tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	a chief					for Ulster's proper	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he was a chief from Ulster who went for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chief	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chief	det
4	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Ulster	case
6	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chief	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a chief		Ulster			tree rules
2	go	past	a chief					for Ulster	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for she=Beneficiary

Option 3

he was a bit of a chancer who snuck into the palace and tried to take her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chancer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chancer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chancer	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chancer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chancer	det
7	chancer	chancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 snuck	nsubj
9	snuck	snuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chancer	acl:relcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 snuck	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tried	cc
14	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 snuck	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 take	mark
16	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 tried	xcomp
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			of a chancer	tree rules
2	snuck	past	a chancer		the palace		tree rules
3	try	past	a chancer not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	a chancer not said here	her = she			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

Option 4

he was a chief from Ulster who came to Tara and asked for her hand proper, not sus

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chief	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chief	det
4	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Ulster	case
6	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chief	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chief	parataxis
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Tara	case
10	Tara	Tara	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 came	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 asked	cc
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 came	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 hand	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hand	nmod:poss
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 asked	obl
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	12 asked	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sus	punct
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 sus	advmod
19	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chief	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a chief and sus	Ulster		tree rules
2	come	past	a chief and sus		Tara		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tara=Initial_Location
3	ask speech: ask	past	a chief and sus not said here			for Tara's hand; properly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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