Exam question 1 · Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn…

In the passage, what is the condition of the fawn when Fionn's hounds reach it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, hounds · What happens: be, reach · To what, where: condition, fawn

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1048 «Celtic Legends, Fionn and the Fawn, part 16: the pet fawn is spared, and Saeve comes to Fionn's door at night» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passage	det
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 condition	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 condition	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 condition	det
8	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passage	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 fawn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fawn	det
11	fawn	fawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 condition	nmod
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 reach	mark
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 hounds	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Fionn	case
15	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 reach	nsubj
16	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 condition	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 reach	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the passage and the condition	the condition				of the fawn	tree rules
2	reach	present	Fionn's hounds	fawn					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

It is tired, and it runs across the wide open field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tired	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	cop
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 runs	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 runs	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 runs	nsubj
7	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tired	conj
8	across	across	ADP	_	12 field	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 field	det
10	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 field	amod
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 field	amod
12	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					tired property	tree rules
2	run	present	it			the wide open field			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory

Option 2

It is winded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 winded	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 winded	aux:pass
3	winded	wind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wind	present · passive		It					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is not winded, and it lies calmly on the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 winded	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 winded	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 winded	advmod
4	winded	winded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lies	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lies	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lies	nsubj
8	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 winded	conj
9	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	8 lies	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 grass	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 grass	det
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					winded property	tree rules
2	lie	present	it			the grass		calmly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on grass=Location

Option 4

It runs away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present	It					away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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