Exam question 1 · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

To what extent did the sons of Uisnech consent to accompany Ferchar Mac Ro to the feast?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: extent · What happens: do, accompany · To what, where: sons, Ferchar, feast

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sons	det
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 consent	case
8	Uisnech	uisnech	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 consent	amod
9	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sons	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 accompany	mark
11	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	advcl
12	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 accompany	obj
13	Mac	Mac	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ferchar	flat
14	Ro	Ro	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Ferchar	flat
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 feast	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 feast	det
17	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 accompany	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	extent	the sons of Uisnech consent					tree rules
2	accompany	to-infinitive	extent not said here	Ferchar		the feast			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ferchar=Theme to feast=Destination

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

They consented to accompany him without any reservation whatsoever, and swore on their swords to defend him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accompany	mark
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 consented	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accompany	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 reservation	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 reservation	det
8	reservation	reservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obl
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 accompany	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swore	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 swore	cc
12	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 consented	parataxis
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 swords	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 swords	nmod:poss
15	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 swore	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 defend	mark
17	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 swore	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	consent	past	They					vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	accompany	to-infinitive	They not said here	him = he			without any reservation; whatsoever property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	swear	past				their swords		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	defend	to-infinitive			him = he			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 2

They agreed to travel with him, though uneasily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 agreed	nsubj
2	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 travel	mark
4	travel	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 agreed	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 travel	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 uneasily	punct
8	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 uneasily	mark
9	uneasily	uneasily	ADV	_	2 agreed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past	They					uneasily property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	travel not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here					with him = he	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They consented to accompany him without reservation, though Naois had warned them of the danger ahead

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accompany	mark
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 consented	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accompany	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 reservation	case
7	reservation	reservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 warned	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 warned	mark
10	Naois	Naois	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 warned	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 warned	aux
12	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 consented	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 warned	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 danger	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 danger	det
16	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 warned	obl
17	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	12 warned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	consent	past	They				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	accompany	to-infinitive	They not said here	him = he		without reservation	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	warn speech: warn	past · perfect · passive		Naois	them = they	of the danger; ahead property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They consented to accompany him without reservation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consented	nsubj
2	consented	consent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accompany	mark
4	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 consented	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accompany	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 reservation	case
7	reservation	reservation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accompany	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consent	past	They						vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	accompany	to-infinitive	They not said here	him = he				without reservation	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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