Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary,…

Concerning the eventual fortunes of the couple, what does the narrator report having heard from a birdeen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: concern, hear · To what, where: eventual fortunes, narrator report, birdeen

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1987 «Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, Guleesh: the herb wakes Mary, and they wed» 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	Concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fortunes	det
3	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fortunes	amod
4	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Concerning	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 couple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 couple	det
7	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fortunes	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 heard	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 heard	obj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 heard	aux
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 report	det
12	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 report	compound
13	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	nsubj:pass
14	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 heard	aux
15	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 couple	acl:relcl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 birdeen	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 birdeen	det
18	birdeen	birdeen	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Concerning	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund		the eventual fortunes of the couple					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fortune=Experiencer
2	hear	present · perfect · passive · do-support		the narrator report		a birdeen			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

that they lived on good land by the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 lived	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 land	amod
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	they			good land		by the sea	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

that neither cark nor care afflicted them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 cark	mark
2	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 cark	nsubj
3	cark	cark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 care	cc
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cark	conj
6	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cark	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 afflicted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cark	infinitive	neither		tree rules
2	care	infinitive	neither not said here		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	afflict	participle	neither not said here	them = they	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3

that the pair lived far off in the west and never once faced any cark or care

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 lived	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pair	det
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 off	advmod
6	off	off	ADV	_	4 lived	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 west	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 west	det
9	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 faced	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 faced	advmod
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 faced	advmod
13	faced	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lived	conj
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 cark	det
15	cark	cark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 faced	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 care	cc
17	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cark	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the pair			the west		off property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in west=Location
2	not face	past	the pair not said here	any cark or care				once property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cark=Destination

Option 4

that neither cark nor care ever troubled them, though they were poor for years

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 troubled	mark
2	neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 cark	det
3	cark	cark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 troubled	nsubj
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	5 care	cc
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cark	conj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 troubled	advmod
7	troubled	trouble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 troubled	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 poor	punct
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 poor	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 poor	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 poor	cop
13	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 troubled	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 years	case
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 poor	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trouble	past	neither cark nor care	them = they			ever		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
2	is	past	cark				year	poor property	tree rules

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