--- title: What did the passage identify as the principal source of Cucullin's… — Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucu… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the passage identify as the principal source of Cucullin's strength? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2010-pg7885-part29/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucu…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2010-pg7885-part29/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fin M'Coul and Cucullin, part 29: Oonag… What did the passage identify as the principal source of Cucullin's strength? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** do, identify This is exam question 2 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2010-pg7885-part29/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2010-pg7885-part29:e2:1 # text = What did the passage identify as the principal source of Cucullin's strength? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 identify identify VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **identify** | present | the passage | | | | | as the principal source of Cucullin's strength | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as source=Attribute | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The little finger of his left hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2010-pg7885-part29:e2:o1:1 # text = The little finger of his left hand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The middle finger of his right hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2010-pg7885-part29:e2:o2:1 # text = The middle finger of his right hand 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The middle finger of his right hand, hidden inside his fist ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2010-pg7885-part29:e2:o3:1 # text = The middle finger of his right hand, hidden inside his fist 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 inside inside ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | | the middle finger of his right hand | | his fist | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside fist=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The middle finger of his right hand, which he cracked for the glen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2010-pg7885-part29:e2:o4:1 # text = The middle finger of his right hand, which he cracked for the glen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 middle middle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 glen glen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crack** | past | the middle finger of finger's right hand | | | | | for the glen | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=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. 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