Exam question 1 · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

Which individual, according to the text, composed the verses honouring the lineage of Fionn?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text, verses · What happens: accord, compose, honour · To what, where: verses, lineage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1054 «Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 22: Goll outgives Fionn at the banquet and admits killing Fionn's father» 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	2 individual	nsubj
2	individual	individual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 text	punct
4	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 text	case
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 according	fixed
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 text	det
7	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 individual	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 composed	punct
9	composed	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 text	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 verses	det
11	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 composed	obj
12	honouring	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 verses	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lineage	det
14	lineage	lineage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 honouring	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Fionn	case
16	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 lineage	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 individual	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	compose	past	the text not said here	the verses	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Result
3	honour	gerund	the verses not said here	the lineage of Fionn	tree rules

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

Cairell, called Red-Mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cairell	Cairell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Cairell	punct
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Cairell	acl
4	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Mouth	punct
6	Mouth	Mouth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Red	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		Cairell not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Confro, called Gold-Tongue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Confro	Confro	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Confro	punct
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Confro	acl
4	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Tongue	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Gold	punct
6	Tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	Confro not said here	Gold Tongue					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Fergus, called True-Lips, the Fianna's poet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fergus	acl
4	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Lips	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 True	punct
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 poet	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Fianna	det
9	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 poet	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Fianna	case
11	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fergus	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	Fergus not said here	True Lips					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fergus, called True-Lips

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fergus	punct
3	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Fergus	acl
4	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Lips	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 True	punct
6	Lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle	Fergus not said here	True Lips					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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