Exam question 2 · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

Which statement most accurately identifies the reason Fionn was unable to rebuke his hounds for their excessive attendance upon the boy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: statement, Fionn, hounds · What happens: identify, be, rebuke, attend · To what, where: reason, hounds

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1050 «Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked boy among the fighting hounds and takes him home as his own» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 identifies	advmod
5	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identifies	obj
8	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 unable	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 unable	cop
10	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reason	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 rebuke	mark
12	rebuke	rebuke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unable	xcomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 hounds	nmod:poss
14	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rebuke	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 attendance	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 attendance	nmod:poss
17	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 attendance	amod
18	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rebuke	obl
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 boy	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 boy	det
21	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 attendance	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which statement	the reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	is	past	Fionn	the reason not said here	unable property	tree rules
3	rebuke	to-infinitive	Fionn not said here	Fionn's hounds	for hounds's excessive attendance upon the boy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hound=Theme for attendance=Attribute
4	attend		hounds = hound		upon the boy	nom attendance «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

It was unthinkable to him that he should do so, given his deep attachment to his dogs and their devotion to the boy.

The tree, 23 words

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 unthinkable	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unthinkable	cop
3	unthinkable	unthinkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unthinkable	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 do	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unthinkable	advcl
10	so	so	ADV	_	9 do	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 given	punct
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 do	conj
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 attachment	nmod:poss
14	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 attachment	amod
15	attachment	attachment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 given	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 dogs	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dogs	nmod:poss
18	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 given	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 devotion	cc
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 devotion	nmod:poss
21	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 dogs	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 boy	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 boy	det
24	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 devotion	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unthinkable	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	It		him = he	unthinkable property	tree rules
2	do	should	he				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give	participle	he not said here	his deep attachment	his dogs and dogs's devotion to the boy		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent attachment=Theme to dog=Recipient
4	attach		his = he				nom attachment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
5	devote		dogs = dog			to the boy	nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

Option 2

He loved the dogs too much.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loved	nsubj
2	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loved	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	2 loved	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 loved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	He	the dogs					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus

Option 3

He feared the hounds would turn on him if he struck them for following the lad about.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hounds	det
4	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 turn	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	aux
6	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 turn	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 struck	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 struck	nsubj
11	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 struck	obj
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 following	mark
14	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 struck	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lad	det
16	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 following	obj
17	about	about	ADV	_	14 following	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	He			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	turn	would	the hounds		on him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on he=Trajectory
3	strike a condition, not said to happen	past	he	hounds = hound		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	follow	gerund	he not said here	the lad	about property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Theme

Option 4

He had no power over them, since the hounds answered only to the boy and his own dear whelps.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 power	det
4	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 answered	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 answered	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hounds	det
10	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 answered	nsubj
11	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 boy	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 boy	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 answered	ccomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 whelps	cc
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 whelps	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 whelps	amod
19	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 whelps	amod
20	whelps	whelp	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 boy	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	no power				over them = they	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
2	answer speech: assert	past	the hounds						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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