Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

State the precise words by which Fionn expresses his perception at the conclusion of the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fionn · What happens: express, perceive, conclude · To what, where: perception, conclusion, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 words	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 words	det
3	precise	precise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 words	amod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 expresses	obl
7	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 expresses	nsubj
8	expresses	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 words	acl:relcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 perception	nmod:poss
10	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expresses	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 conclusion	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 conclusion	det
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expresses	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 conclusion	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 words	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	express	present	Fionn	Fionn's perception	the conclusion of the passage	by the precise words	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perception=Theme
2	perceive		Fionn				nom perception «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
3	conclude			the passage			nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

There is a trample of hooves coming down the slope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trample	det
4	trample	trample	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 hooves	case
6	hooves	hoove	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trample	nmod
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 hooves	acl
8	down	down	ADP	_	10 slope	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 slope	det
10	slope	slope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be	present	a trample of hooves		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come down	gerund	hooves not said here	the slope		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location slope=Theme
3	trample			hooves		nom trample «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

There is a rumble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rumble	det
4	rumble	rumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a rumble			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

There is a trample

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trample	det
4	trample	trample	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	a trample			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is a distant horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 horse	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 horse	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 horse	det
4	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 horse	amod
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a distant horse					tree rules

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