Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…
Explain the meaning of the term "champion" as it is employed within this passage.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, employ, mean · To what, where: meaning, term
This is exam question 4 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 | Explain | explain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meaning | det |
| 3 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explain | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 term | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 term | det |
| 6 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | nmod |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 champion | punct |
| 8 | champion | champion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 term | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 champion | punct |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 employed | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 employed | aux:pass |
| 13 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Explain | advcl |
| 14 | within | within | ADP | _ | 16 passage | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 passage | det |
| 16 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 employed | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the meaning of the term | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | ||||
| 2 | employ | present · passive | meaning | within this passage | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | mean | the term | nom meaning «communication 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
A famous fighter from another tribe who challenges the band of Fionn in every contest held on the field
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 fighter | det |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fighter | amod |
| 3 | fighter | fighter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 tribe | case |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 tribe | det |
| 6 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fighter | nmod |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 challenges | nsubj |
| 8 | challenges | challenge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fighter | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 band | det |
| 10 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 challenges | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Fionn | case |
| 12 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 band | nmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 contest | case |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 contest | det |
| 15 | contest | contest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 challenges | obl |
| 16 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 contest | acl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 field | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 field | det |
| 19 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | challenge | present | a famous fighter from another tribe | the band of Fionn | every contest | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hold | participle | every contest not said here | the field | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on field=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A warrior belonging to the band of Fionn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 warrior | det |
| 2 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 warrior | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 band | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 band | det |
| 6 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 belonging | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Fionn | case |
| 8 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 band | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | gerund | a warrior not said here | to the band of Fionn | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A man who leads a group of hunters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 leads | nsubj |
| 4 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 man | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 group | det |
| 6 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leads | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 hunters | case |
| 8 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 group | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | present | a man | a group of hunters | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Theme |
Option 4
A warrior belonging to the band of Fionn and sworn to protect him in battle
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 warrior | det |
| 2 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sworn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 warrior | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 band | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 band | det |
| 6 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 belonging | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Fionn | case |
| 8 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 band | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sworn | cc |
| 10 | sworn | swear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 protect | mark |
| 12 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sworn | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 protect | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 battle | case |
| 15 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 protect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | gerund | a warrior not said here | to the band of Fionn | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | swear | participle · passive | a warrior | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | protect | to-infinitive | Fionn | battle | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1058-pg2892-part26/e4/