Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchanted animal, and to whom were they subsequently dispatched?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enchanted animal, hounds · What happens: accord, produce, enchant, dispatch · To what, where: hounds

This is exam question 3 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produced	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct
6	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	7 hounds	det
7	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 produced	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 produced	aux:pass
9	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 animal	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 animal	det
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 animal	amod
13	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produced	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 dispatched	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 dispatched	cc
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 whom	case
17	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 dispatched	obl
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 dispatched	aux
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 dispatched	nsubj
20	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	21 dispatched	advmod
21	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 produced	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 produced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	produce	past · passive	the enchanted animal	which hounds	accord the passage	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
3	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	dispatch	past · passive	hounds = hound		subsequently property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to whom=Destination

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

They were born and sent to Fergus's hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 born	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 born	aux:pass
3	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sent	cc
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 born	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 hall	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Fergus	case
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		They					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	send	participle				Fergus's hall			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hall=Destination

Option 2

Bran and Sceo'lan were produced by the enchanted hound and later dispatched to Fionn as gifts

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 produced	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Sceo'lan	cc
3	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Bran	conj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 produced	aux:pass
5	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 hound	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hound	det
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hound	amod
9	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 produced	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dispatched	cc
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 dispatched	advmod
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 produced	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Fionn	case
14	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obl
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 gifts	case
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 dispatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	produce	past · passive	the enchanted hound	Bran and Sceo'lan			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result
2	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	dispatch	past	the enchanted hound not said here		Fionn	as gifts; late property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to fionn=Destination

Option 3

The hounds were born of the enchanted animal and were dispatched to Fionn and then to Fergus at the hall

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hounds	det
2	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 animal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animal	det
7	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 animal	amod
8	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 born	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dispatched	cc
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 dispatched	aux:pass
11	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 born	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Fionn	case
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 dispatched	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 Fergus	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 Fergus	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Fergus	case
17	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Fionn	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 hall	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 hall	det
20	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dispatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive	the hounds			of the enchanted animal	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	enchant	participle					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	dispatch	past · passive		Fionn and Fergus	the hall		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to fionn=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Bran and Sceo'lan were dispatched to Fionn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dispatched	nsubj:pass
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Sceo'lan	cc
3	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Bran	conj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dispatched	aux:pass
5	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Fionn	case
7	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dispatched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dispatch	past · passive		Bran and Sceo'lan	Fionn				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fionn=Destination

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