Exam question 1 · Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a stra…
Which place is named as the site of the Fianna's encampment at the opening of this part?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: name · To what, where: place
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1056 «Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a strange lord arrives by sea and challenges the Fianna to a contest» 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 place | det |
| 2 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 named | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 named | aux:pass |
| 4 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 site | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 site | det |
| 7 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 named | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 encampment | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Fianna | det |
| 10 | Fianna | Fianna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 encampment | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Fianna | case |
| 12 | encampment | encampment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 site | nmod |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 opening | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 opening | det |
| 15 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 encampment | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 part | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 part | det |
| 18 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 opening | nmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 named | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | present · passive | which place | as the site of the Fianna's encampment at the opening of this part | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as site=Attribute |
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 Hill of Tara
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hill | det |
| 2 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Tara | case |
| 4 | Tara | Tara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Hill | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The plain of Brega, by the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 plain | det |
| 2 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Brega | case |
| 4 | Brega | Brega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 plain | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sea | punct |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plain | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Slane, by the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slane | slane | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 river | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 river | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 river | det |
| 5 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slane | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ben Edair, the Hill of Howth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Edair | Edair | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ben | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Hill | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hill | det |
| 5 | Hill | Hill | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ben | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Howth | case |
| 7 | Howth | Howth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Hill | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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