Exam question 4 · Heroic Romances, The Finding of Oisin: Fionn finds a naked…

Which of the following statements most correctly identifies the order in which Fionn's affections were directed, according to the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, identify, direct, accord · To what, where: order, affections

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 identifies	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 identifies	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 correctly	advmod
7	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	8 identifies	advmod
8	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 order	det
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identifies	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 directed	obl
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 affections	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Fionn	case
15	affections	affection	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 directed	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 directed	aux:pass
17	directed	direct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 order	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 narrative	punct
19	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 narrative	case
20	to	to	ADP	_	19 according	fixed
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 narrative	det
22	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identifies	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present	the order		of the following statements; accord the narrative; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent order=Theme
3	direct	past · passive	Fionn's affections	the order		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: subject=Theme in which=Eventuality
4	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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

The boy first, then Bran and Sceo'lan with their three whelps, then Caelte mac Ronan, and then the champions.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 boy	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Bran	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 Bran	advmod
6	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	appos
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Sceo'lan	cc
8	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Bran	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 whelps	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 whelps	nmod:poss
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 whelps	nummod
12	whelps	whelp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Bran	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mac	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 mac	advmod
15	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 mac	compound
16	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 whelps	appos
17	Ronan	Ronan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 mac	flat
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 champions	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 champions	cc
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 champions	advmod
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 champions	det
22	champions	champion	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 mac	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boy	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The boy came first, then Bran and Sceo'lan with their whelps, then the champions of the Fianna.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 came	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Bran	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 Bran	advmod
7	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Sceo'lan	cc
9	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Bran	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 whelps	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 whelps	nmod:poss
12	whelps	whelp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 champions	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 champions	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 champions	det
16	champions	champion	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 Fianna	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Fianna	det
19	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 champions	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the boy	Bran and Sceo'lan				with Bran's whelps; the champions of the Fianna obl; first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Fionn loved the hounds first, then the champions, and the boy last of all.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	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 hounds	det
4	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loved	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 loved	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 champions	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 champions	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 champions	det
9	champions	champion	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loved	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 last	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 last	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 last	nsubj
14	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 loved	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 last	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 loved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	past	Fionn	the hounds				the champions obl; first property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hound=Stimulus
2	last	infinitive	the boy					of all	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The boy first, then Bran and Sceo'lan with their three whelps, then Caelte mac Ronan, then the champions, and last of all the nobles of the Fianna who had come to the hunt.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 boy	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Bran	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 Bran	advmod
6	Bran	Bran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	appos
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Sceo'lan	cc
8	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Bran	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 whelps	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 whelps	nmod:poss
11	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 whelps	nummod
12	whelps	whelp	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Bran	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mac	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 mac	advmod
15	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 mac	compound
16	mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 whelps	nmod
17	Ronan	Ronan	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 mac	flat
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 champions	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 champions	advmod
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 champions	det
21	champions	champion	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 whelps	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 last	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 last	cc
24	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boy	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 nobles	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	28 nobles	det:predet
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 nobles	det
28	nobles	noble	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 last	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 Fianna	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Fianna	det
31	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 nobles	nmod
32	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 come	nsubj
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 come	aux
34	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	28 nobles	acl:relcl
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 hunt	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 hunt	det
37	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 come	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	all nobles of the Fianna			the hunt			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hunt=Initial_Location

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