Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucullin, part 29: Oonag…

What reason did Oonagh give for the absence of Fin from the house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oonagh · What happens: give, absent · To what, where: house, Fin

This is exam question 4 of lesson 2010 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucullin, part 29: Oonagh tricks the giant with iron cakes» 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	5 give	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	Oonagh	Oonagh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 absence	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 absence	det
8	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Fin	case
10	Fin	Fin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 absence	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	Oonagh			the house		for the absence of Fin	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme for absence=Asset
2	absent			Fin					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

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 had gone out to the fields to work the land

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 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 gone	compound:prt
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 fields	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fields	det
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gone	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 work	mark
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gone	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 work	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past · perfect	He					to the fields	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	to-infinitive	He not said here	the land					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent land=Material

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He had gone to the Causeway in search of Cucullin

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 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Causeway	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Causeway	det
6	Causeway	Causeway	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 search	case
8	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Cucullin	case
10	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 search	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	He			search of Cucullin		to the Causeway	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to causeway=Initial_Location
2	search			Cucullin					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

He had left for a long walk

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 left	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 walk	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 walk	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 walk	amod
7	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	He					for a long walk	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for walk=Recipient

Option 4

He had gone to the Causeway in search of Cucullin, the giant from the north

The tree, 15 words

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 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Causeway	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Causeway	det
6	Causeway	Causeway	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 search	case
8	search	search	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gone	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Cucullin	case
10	Cucullin	Cucullin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 search	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 giant	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 giant	det
13	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Cucullin	amod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 north	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 north	det
16	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 giant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	He			search of Cucullin		to the Causeway	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to causeway=Initial_Location
2	search			Cucullin					nom search «act transitive»: of=patient

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