Exam question 3 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

Upon what condition did Fiachna Finn consent to secure the release of the Black Hag's cow?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, secure · To what, where: Finn consent, release

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Finn	compound
6	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 secure	mark
9	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 release	det
11	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	17 cow	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hag	det
14	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Hag	compound
15	Hag	Hag	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 cow	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Hag	case
17	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 release	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	Finn consent					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality
2	secure	to-infinitive	condition not said here	the release of the Black Hag's cow					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition release=Theme

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

He agreed to pay the whole amount

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 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 amount	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amount	amod
7	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	He						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the whole amount					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He undertook to stand surety for the payment

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 undertook	nsubj
2	undertook	undertake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stand	mark
4	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 undertook	xcomp
5	surety	surety	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 payment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 payment	det
8	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	past	He						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	stand	to-infinitive	He not said here	surety				for the payment	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer surety=Stimulus for payment=Attribute

Option 3

He promised to bring the gold later

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 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bring	mark
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gold	det
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	obj
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	He						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the gold				late property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 4

He paid for it

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 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	He					for it	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

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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