Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

With reference to the text, what condition did Uct Dealv impose upon Iollan in exchange for the preservation of his life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition, Uct · What happens: do, impose, preserve · To what, where: exchange, life

This is exam question 2 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 did	obj
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	Uct	Uct	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 impose	nsubj
11	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Uct	flat
12	impose	impose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 did	parataxis
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 Iollan	case
14	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 impose	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 exchange	case
16	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 impose	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 preservation	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 preservation	det
19	preservation	preservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 exchange	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 life	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 life	nmod:poss
22	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 preservation	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition			with reference to the text	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	impose	present	Uct		exchange for the preservation of Uct's life	upon Iollan	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	preserve			Uct's life			nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Iollan agreed to marry Tuiren and leave Fionn's household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 marry	mark
4	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 marry	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leave	cc
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 marry	conj
8	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 household	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Fionn	case
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	Iollan		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	Iollan not said here	Tuiren	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuiren=Patient
3	leave	infinitive	Iollan not said here	Fionn's household	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme

Option 2

Iollan pledged to remain her sweetheart until the end of his life and never again to visit the hill of Fionn

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	nsubj
2	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remain	mark
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pledged	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sweetheart	nmod:poss
6	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obj
7	until	until	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 life	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 life	nmod:poss
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 visit	cc
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 again	advmod
15	again	again	ADV	_	17 visit	advmod
16	to	to	PART	_	17 visit	mark
17	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remain	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 hill	det
19	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 visit	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 Fionn	case
21	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 hill	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pledge	past	Iollan			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	remain	to-infinitive	Iollan not said here	Iollan's sweetheart	until the end of his life	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sweetheart=Attribute
3	visit	to-infinitive	Iollan not said here	the hill of Fionn	again	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Iollan pledged to remain her sweetheart until the end of life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	nsubj
2	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 remain	mark
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pledged	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sweetheart	nmod:poss
6	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obj
7	until	until	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 life	case
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pledge	past	Iollan						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	remain	to-infinitive	Iollan not said here	Iollan's sweetheart			until the end of life		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sweetheart=Attribute

Option 4

Iollan was required to swear an oath to remain her sweetheart until death and to give her all his gold

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Iollan	Iollan	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 swear	mark
5	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 required	xcomp
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 oath	det
7	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swear	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 remain	mark
9	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 swear	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sweetheart	nmod:poss
11	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obj
12	until	until	ADP	_	13 death	case
13	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 give	cc
15	to	to	PART	_	16 give	mark
16	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 remain	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 give	iobj
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 gold	det:predet
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 gold	nmod:poss
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	require	past · passive	Iollan			vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	swear	to-infinitive	a oath			tree rules
3	remain	to-infinitive	Iollan's sweetheart		until death	vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sweetheart=Attribute
4	give	to-infinitive	his gold	Iollan		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gold=Theme

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