Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:…

Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh, as stated in the closing passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Ian · What happens: explain, not proceed, state · To what, where: closing passage · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 proceed	advmod
3	Ian	Ian	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	nsubj
4	Direach	Direach	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Ian	flat
5	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 proceed	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 proceed	advmod
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Explain	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 isle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 isle	det
10	isle	isle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Dhiurradh	case
12	Dhiurradh	Dhiurradh	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 isle	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stated	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 stated	mark
15	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 proceed	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
18	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 passage	compound
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stated	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not proceed	could	Ian		to the isle of Dhiurradh	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	state speech: other	participle	Ian not said here	the closing passage		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

He had not been given the sword

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	5 given	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 given	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 given	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 given	aux:pass
5	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sword	det
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give	past · perfect · passive		He					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient sword=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He possessed no boat with which to cross

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 possessed	nsubj
2	possessed	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 boat	det
4	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possessed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 cross	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cross	mark
8	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 boat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	past	He	no boat					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme
2	cross	to-infinitive	He not said here	no boat not said here				with no boat	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was forbidden by the giant

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	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	SCONJ	_	6 giant	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giant	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forbidden	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive		He				giant property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He had lost the fox on the shore

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fox	det
5	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	the fox		the shore			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality

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