Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of Fergus's attempts to comfort the hound, namely the cessation of its trembling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fergus, cessation · What happens: follow, describe, comfort, attempt, cease, tremble · To what, where: outcome, hound, trembling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 attempts	case
10	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 attempts	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Fergus	case
12	attempts	attempt	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 outcome	nmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 comfort	mark
14	comfort	comfort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 describes	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hound	det
16	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 comfort	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 cessation	punct
18	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 cessation	amod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cessation	det
20	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hound	appos
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 trembling	case
22	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 trembling	nmod:poss
23	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cessation	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of Fergus's attempts	of the best	tree rules
3	comfort	to-infinitive		the hound		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hound=Experiencer
4	attempt		Fergus			nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	cease			cessation's trembling		nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient
6	tremble		cessation			nom trembling «state intransitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

Fergus calmed the hound by feeding her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 calmed	nsubj
2	calmed	calm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hound	det
4	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calmed	obj
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 feeding	mark
6	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 calmed	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feeding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calm	past	Fergus	the hound					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hound=Experiencer
2	feed	gerund	Fergus not said here		hound				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The hound's shivers ceased once Fergus hugged and kissed her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shivers	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hound	case
4	shivers	shiver	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ceased	nsubj
5	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 hugged	mark
7	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hugged	nsubj
8	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ceased	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kissed	cc
10	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hugged	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cease	past	the hound's shivers		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	hug	past	Fergus		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	kiss	past	Fergus not said here	Fergus	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent
4	shiver		the hound		nom shiver «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The hound's shivers ended only after Fergus had hugged her many times and fed her warm broth by the fire

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hound	det
2	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shivers	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hound	case
4	shivers	shiver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hugged	nsubj:pass
5	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hugged	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	10 hugged	advmod
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 hugged	mark
8	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hugged	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hugged	aux
10	hugged	hug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hugged	obj
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 times	amod
13	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hugged	obl:unmarked
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fed	cc
15	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hugged	conj
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 broth	nmod:poss
17	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 broth	amod
18	broth	broth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fed	obj
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 fire	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fire	det
21	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past · perfect · passive		the hound's shivers	time		tree rules
2	feed	past		Fergus's warm broth		by the fire	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent broth=Theme
3	shiver		the hound				nom shiver «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

After Fergus hugged and kissed the hound, her trembling stopped entirely and she grew calm and quiet beside him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	2 Fergus	case
2	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hugged	obl
3	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kissed	cc
5	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hugged	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hound	det
7	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kissed	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stopped	punct
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 trembling	nmod:poss
10	trembling	trembling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stopped	nsubj
11	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hugged	conj
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 stopped	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 grew	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grew	nsubj
15	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hugged	conj
16	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 grew	xcomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 quiet	cc
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 calm	conj
19	beside	beside	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past			after Fergus		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kiss	past		the hound			vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Co-Agent
3	stop	past	hound's trembling			entirely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	grow	past	trembling			beside Fergus; calm property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside he=Location
5	tremble		hound				nom trembling «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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