Exam question 2 · Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a stra…

What, according to the stranger, is the purpose of his voyage to the shores of Ireland?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, voyage, his · What happens: be, accord, purpose, voyage · To what, where: stranger

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 according	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 What	advcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 stranger	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stranger	det
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 according	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purpose	det
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 voyage	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 voyage	nmod:poss
13	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purpose	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 shores	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shores	det
16	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 What	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Ireland	case
18	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 shores	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the purpose of his voyage	to the shores of Ireland	tree rules
2	accord	gerund	the purpose of his voyage not said here	to the stranger goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to stranger=Goal
3	purpose		his voyage		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
4	voyage		his = he		nom voyage «act 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

The exaction of tribute and the acknowledgement of his lordship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exaction	det
2	exaction	exaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tribute	case
4	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaction	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 acknowledgement	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 acknowledgement	det
7	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaction	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lordship	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lordship	nmod:poss
10	lordship	lordship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acknowledgement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exact			tribute					nom exaction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The seeking of a wife and a dowry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 seeking	det
2	seeking	seeking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wife	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wife	det
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeking	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dowry	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dowry	det
8	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wife	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek			a wife and a dowry					nom seeking «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The sealing of a peace and the swearing of an oath of friendship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sealing	det
2	sealing	sealing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 peace	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 peace	det
5	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sealing	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swearing	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 swearing	det
8	swearing	swearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 peace	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 oath	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 oath	det
11	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swearing	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 friendship	case
13	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 oath	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seal			a peace and the swearing of a oath of friendship					nom sealing «act transitive»: of=patient
2	swear		a oath of friendship						nom swearing «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The exaction of tribute, the acknowledgement of his lordship, and the burning of every fort that resists him along the coast

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exaction	det
2	exaction	exaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tribute	case
4	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaction	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 acknowledgement	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 acknowledgement	det
7	acknowledgement	acknowledgement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaction	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 lordship	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 lordship	nmod:poss
10	lordship	lordship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 acknowledgement	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 burning	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 burning	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 burning	det
14	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exaction	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 fort	case
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 fort	det
17	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 burning	nmod
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 resists	nsubj
19	resists	resist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 exaction	parataxis
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 resists	obj
21	along	along	ADP	_	23 coast	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 coast	det
23	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 resists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resist	present	that	him = he				along the coast	tree rules
2	exact			tribute					nom exaction «act transitive»: of=patient

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