Test 7 · ★ · Finn and His Companions, The Little Brawl at Allen, part 2…

So Goll's gift-giving got Fionn raging, or was he just sulky?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gift, Fionn, Goll · What happens: give, get, rage, be, gift · To what, where: Fionn

This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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	So	so	ADV	_	7 got	advmod
2	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gift	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Goll	case
4	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 gift	punct
6	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 gift	acl
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
9	raging	rage	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 got	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sulky	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 sulky	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sulky	cop
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sulky	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 sulky	advmod
15	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	gerund	Goll's gift not said here			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	get	past	Goll's gift	Fionn		tree rules
3	rage	gerund	Fionn not said here			vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	gift		sulky property	tree rules
5	gift		Goll			nom gift «possession 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

Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 silent	cc
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stern	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quiet	punct
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Fionn	stern dead quiet					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and stared at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 silent	cc
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stern	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quiet	punct
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stared	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stared	cc
11	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 went	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Fionn	stern dead quiet					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stare	past	Fionn not said here					at the door	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at door=Theme

Option 3

Fionn went stern and silent, dead quiet, and called for more wine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 silent	cc
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stern	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quiet	punct
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 quiet	amod
8	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 called	cc
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 wine	case
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 wine	amod
14	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Fionn	stern dead quiet					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	participle						for more wine	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for wine=Recipient

Option 4

Fionn went merry and loud, not sulky at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 loud	cc
5	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 merry	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sulky	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 sulky	advmod
8	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 merry	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 sulky	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Fionn					merry property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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