Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…
What undertaking did Ferchar Mac Ro offer on behalf of himself and his three sons?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: undertake · To what, where: Ferchar Ro offer
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 undertaking | obj |
| 2 | undertaking | undertake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 offer | csubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 offer | aux |
| 4 | Ferchar | Ferchar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | compound |
| 5 | Mac | Mac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ferchar | flat |
| 6 | Ro | Ro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | compound |
| 7 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 behalf | case |
| 9 | behalf | behalf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offer | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 himself | case |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 behalf | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sons | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 sons | nmod:poss |
| 14 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 sons | nummod |
| 15 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 himself | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 offer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undertake | gerund | Ferchar Ro offer on behalf of himself | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril on the road and bring them safely to the feast and home
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 defend | mark |
| 2 | defend | defend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 defend | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Uisnech | case |
| 6 | Uisnech | Uisnech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 peril | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 peril | det |
| 9 | peril | peril | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 defend | obl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 road | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 road | det |
| 12 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 defend | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 bring | cc |
| 14 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 defend | conj |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bring | obj |
| 16 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 14 bring | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 feast | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 feast | det |
| 19 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bring | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 home | cc |
| 21 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 feast | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defend | to-infinitive | the sons of Uisnech | the road | against any peril | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Beneficiary against peril=Theme | |||
| 2 | bring | infinitive | sons = son | the feast and home | safely property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to feast=Destination |
Option 2
To shield them from the king's men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 shield | mark |
| 2 | shield | shield | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shield | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 men | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 men | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shield | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shield | to-infinitive | them = they | from the king's men | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 defend | mark |
| 2 | defend | defend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 defend | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Uisnech | case |
| 6 | Uisnech | Uisnech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 9 peril | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 peril | det |
| 9 | peril | peril | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 defend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defend | to-infinitive | the sons of Uisnech | against any peril | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Beneficiary against peril=Theme |
Option 4
To look after them on the whole journey home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 look | mark |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 them | case |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 look | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 journey | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 journey | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 journey | amod |
| 8 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 look | obl |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | to-infinitive | after them = they | on the whole journey; home property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on journey=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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