Exam question 1 · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cael before his departure?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, Fionn · What happens: compact, require, depart

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 require	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 compact	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 compact	nsubj
8	compact	compact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 require	aux
10	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 require	nsubj
11	require	require	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Cael	case
13	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 require	obl
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 departure	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 departure	nmod:poss
16	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 require	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 require	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	compact	present	the passage			vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	require	past · do-support	Fionn	before Fionn's departure	with reference to the passage; of Cael	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	depart		Fionn			nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 Cael stay home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Cael	det
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 stay	nsubj
3	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	infinitive	that Cael					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

That Cael befriend the Fianna present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Cael	det
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 befriend	nsubj
3	befriend	befriend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 present	det
5	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 present	compound
6	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befriend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befriend	present	that Cael	the Fianna present					tree rules

Option 3

That Cael fight the Fianna men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Cael	det
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fight	nsubj
3	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 men	det
5	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 men	compound
6	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	present	that Cael	the Fianna men					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent

Option 4

That Cael make peace with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 Cael	det
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	infinitive	that Cael	peace				with them = they	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product

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