Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

Describe the manner in which Big Eolgarg gained an advantage over the men of Ulster during the second engagement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Big · What happens: describe, gain · To what, where: manner, advantage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gained	obl
6	Big	Big	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gained	nsubj
7	Eolgarg	Eolgarg	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Big	flat
8	gained	gain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	parataxis
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 advantage	det
10	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gained	obj
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 men	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 men	det
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gained	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Ulster	case
15	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 men	nmod
16	during	during	ADP	_	19 engagement	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 engagement	det
18	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 engagement	amod
19	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gained	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	gain	past	Big	a advantage			during the second engagement	over the men of Ulster	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient advantage=Extent in which=Attribute

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 let loose sheep from a wagon

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 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loose	loose	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sheep	amod
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 let	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 wagon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wagon	det
7	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past	He	loose sheep		a wagon			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme

Option 2

He sent venomous hounds from a cave

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hounds	amod
4	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	venomous hounds		a cave			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent hound=Theme from cave=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He released venomous sheep from a tent

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 released	nsubj
2	released	release	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	venomous	venomous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sheep	amod
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 released	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tent	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tent	det
7	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 released	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	release	past	He	venomous sheep		a tent			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer sheep=Source

Option 4

He hid in a tent

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 tent	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tent	det
5	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			a tent			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location

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