Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

Identify the cause of Fergus's prolonged confinement to his bed, as stated in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fergus · What happens: identify, prolong, state, cause, confine · To what, where: cause, passage, prolonged confinement

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 confinement	case
5	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 confinement	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Fergus	case
7	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 confinement	amod
8	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 bed	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stated	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 stated	mark
14	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stated	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the cause of Fergus's prolonged confinement		to Fergus's bed	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme to bed=be'
2	prolong	participle					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent
3	state speech: other	participle	you not said here		the passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	cause			Fergus's prolonged confinement			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
5	confine		Fergus				nom confinement «state transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Blighted affection, from which he suffered for a year and a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blighted	blight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 affection	amod
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffered	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 suffered	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 suffered	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 suffered	nsubj
7	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 year	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 day	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 year	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blight	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	suffer	past	Blighted affection				year		vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Blighted affection from the enchanted hound, which he suffered from for many years and a day in his bed

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blighted	blight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 affection	amod
2	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 hound	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hound	det
5	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 hound	amod
6	hound	hound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affection	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 suffered	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 suffered	nsubj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 suffered	nsubj
10	suffered	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hound	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 years	case
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 years	amod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 suffered	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 day	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 day	det
17	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 years	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 bed	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 bed	nmod:poss
20	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 suffered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	blight	participle				vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	suffer	past	the enchanted hound	hound's bed	year	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

A sickness brought on by the faery magic of Uct Dealv and the apple trees that lasted a year and a day

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sickness	det
2	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lasted	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sickness	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 brought	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 magic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magic	det
7	faery	faery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 magic	amod
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Uct	case
10	Uct	Uct	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 magic	nmod
11	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Uct	flat
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trees	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trees	det
14	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trees	compound
15	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 Uct	conj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 lasted	nsubj
17	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 year	det
19	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lasted	obl:unmarked
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lasted	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 day	det
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lasted	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring on	participle		a sickness not said here				by the faery magic of Uct and the apple trees	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	last	past	a sickness				day; year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Sorrow over Tuiren's marriage to Lugaidh in Fionn's hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	over	over	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
3	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 marriage	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Tuiren	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sorrow	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Lugaidh	case
7	Lugaidh	Lugaidh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 marriage	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
9	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hall	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fionn	case
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Lugaidh	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry		Tuiren					to Lugaidh in Fionn's hall	nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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