Exam question 2 · Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats…

What was the outcome of the combat between Goll mor mac Morna and the fourth daughter of Conaran?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1061 «Old Celtic Romances, The Cave of Cesh Corran: Goll defeats the hags and frees the Fianna» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 outcome	det
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 combat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 combat	det
7	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outcome	nmod
8	between	between	ADP	_	11 mac	case
9	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mac	compound
10	mor	mor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mac	compound
11	mac	mac	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 combat	nmod
12	Morna	Morna	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mac	appos
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 daughter	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 daughter	det
15	fourth	fourth	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 daughter	amod
16	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mac	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Conaran	case
18	Conaran	Conaran	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 daughter	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the outcome				of the combat between Goll mor mac and the fourth daughter of Conaran	tree rules

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

She was spared and returned home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spared	aux:pass
3	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 returned	cc
5	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spared	conj
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 returned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spare	past · passive		She					vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset
2	return	participle						home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She was slain, and her head was kept as a trophy in Allen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	cop
3	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kept	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 slain	parataxis
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 trophy	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 trophy	det
12	trophy	trophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Allen	case
14	Allen	Allen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					slain property	tree rules
2	keep	past · passive		her head		Allen		as a trophy	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in allen=Location

Option 3

She was slain by Goll, and her head was carried before Fionn as proof of victory

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	aux:pass
3	slain	slay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Goll	case
5	Goll	Goll	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 slain	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 carried	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 carried	aux:pass
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 slain	parataxis
12	before	before	ADP	_	13 Fionn	case
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 proof	case
15	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 victory	case
17	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	slay	past · passive	Goll	She			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	carry	past · passive		Goll's head	before Fionn	as proof of victory	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	proof			victory			nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was slain, and her head was carried before Fionn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 slain	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 slain	cop
3	slain	slain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 carried	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 carried	cc
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 carried	aux:pass
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 slain	parataxis
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 Fionn	case
11	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					slain property	tree rules
2	carry	past · passive		her head			before Fionn		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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