Exam question 4 · Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a stra…

Which of the stranger's replies conveys his contempt for the Fianna's champion in the footrace?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stranger · What happens: convey, reply · To what, where: contempt, footrace

This is exam question 4 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 conveys	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 replies	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 replies	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 stranger	case
6	replies	reply	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 conveys	obl
7	conveys	convey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 contempt	nmod:poss
9	contempt	contempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveys	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 champion	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Fianna	det
12	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 champion	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Fianna	case
14	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveys	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 footrace	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 footrace	det
17	footrace	footrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveys	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conveys	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	present		his contempt		the footrace		of the stranger's replies; for the Fianna's champion	tree rules
2	reply		the stranger						nom reply «communication 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

That the Fianna's champion is too slow to be worth racing against at all here

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 champion	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fianna	det
3	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 champion	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Fianna	case
5	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slow	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 slow	cop
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 slow	advmod
8	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	12 racing	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 racing	cop
11	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 racing	amod
12	racing	racing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slow	advcl
13	against	against	ADP	_	15 all	case
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 racing	nmod
16	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 slow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Fianna's champion			here		slow property	tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive	the Fianna's champion not said here	worth racing				against all	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the champion will not be asked to outrun the red deer or the wind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 champion	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 champion	det
3	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj:pass
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 asked	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 asked	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	aux:pass
7	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 outrun	mark
9	outrun	outrun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 deer	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deer	amod
12	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outrun	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 wind	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	future · passive		that champion					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	outrun not said to happen	to-infinitive	that champion not said here	the red deer or the wind					tree rules

Option 3

That the Fianna are too slow to catch him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Fianna	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fianna	det
3	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 slow	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slow	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 slow	advmod
6	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 catch	mark
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 slow	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Fianna					slow property	tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive	the Fianna not said here	him = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

That the champion will not be asked to outrun the red deer or the wind, for such a challenge would be beneath the stranger's dignity and honour

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 champion	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 champion	det
3	champion	champion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj:pass
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 asked	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 asked	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	aux:pass
7	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 outrun	mark
9	outrun	outrun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 deer	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 deer	amod
12	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outrun	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 wind	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wind	det
15	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deer	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 dignity	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	27 dignity	case
18	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 challenge	det:predet
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 challenge	det
20	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dignity	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 dignity	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	27 dignity	cop
23	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	27 dignity	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 stranger	det
25	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dignity	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 stranger	case
27	dignity	dignity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 honour	cc
29	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dignity	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not ask speech: ask	future · passive		that champion		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	outrun not said to happen	to-infinitive	that champion not said here	the red deer or the wind		tree rules
3	is	would	such challenge		for the stranger's dignity and honour	tree rules

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