Exam question 4 · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

Explain how the Carl provided lodging for the night on Slieve Luachra.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Carl · What happens: explain, provide, lodge · To what, where: Slieve · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 provided	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Carl	det
4	Carl	Carl	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 provided	nsubj
5	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	ccomp
6	lodging	lodge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 provided	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lodging	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Slieve	case
11	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lodging	obl
12	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Slieve	flat
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	provide	past	the Carl			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	lodge	gerund	the Carl not said here	Slieve	night	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on slieve=Destination

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

He built a house from felled timber, using twenty-four couples of oak

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 timber	case
6	felled	fell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 timber	amod
7	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 using	punct
9	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 built	advcl
10	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 four	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 twenty	punct
12	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 couples	nummod
13	couples	couple	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 using	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 oak	case
15	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 couples	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	build	past	He	a house	felled timber	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent house=Product from timber=Material
2	fell	participle				tree rules
3	use	gerund	He not said here	four couples of oak		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Patient

Option 2

He cut down the wood and built a large house from timber, then fed everyone a boar roasted on the fire

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 cut	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wood	det
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 built	cc
7	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 house	det
9	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 house	amod
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 timber	case
12	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fed	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 fed	advmod
15	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cut	conj
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 fed	obj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 boar	det
18	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fed	obj
19	roasted	roast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 boar	acl
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 fire	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fire	det
22	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 roasted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut down	past	He	the wood					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Product
2	build	past	He not said here	a large house		timber			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset house=Product from timber=Material
3	feed	past	He not said here	a boar	everyone		then		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient boar=Theme
4	roast	participle		a boar not said here				on the fire	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Patient on fire=Instrument

Option 3

He hunted a boar for their supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunted	nsubj
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boar	det
4	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 supper	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 supper	nmod:poss
7	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	He	a boar				for their supper	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent boar=Location for supper=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He built a house from felled timber

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 built	nsubj
2	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 house	det
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 timber	case
6	felled	fell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 timber	amod
7	timber	timber	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	He	a house		felled timber			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent house=Product from timber=Material
2	fell	participle							tree rules

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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