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description: By what method did Finnian first seek admittance to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman? Exam question 1 of lesson 1033 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1: Finnian forces his way into a pagan lord's house and wins him over» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:…

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By what method did Finnian first seek admittance to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** method · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Finnian first seek admittance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1033 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1: Finnian forces his way into a pagan lord's house and wins him over» 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/1033-pg2892-part1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e1:1
# text = By what method did Finnian first seek admittance to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	method	method	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Finnian	finnian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	seek	seek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	admittance	admittance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stronghold	stronghold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | method | Finnian first seek admittance |  |  |  | to the stronghold of the Ulster gentleman | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admittance=Eventuality |

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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}

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By calling loudly at the window and demanding entry from the lord himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e1:o1:1
# text = By calling loudly at the window and demanding entry from the lord himself
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the window; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at window=Stimulus |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund |  | entry |  |  |  | from the lord  himself | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition from lord=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By sending a boy round to the window to call out and demand entry at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e1:o2:1
# text = By sending a boy round to the window to call out and demand entry at once
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
14	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | a boy |  | the window |  | round *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to window=Destination |
| 2 | **call out** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **demand** *speech: request* | infinitive |  | entry |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By shouting for the servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e1:o3:1
# text = By shouting for the servants
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for the servants | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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By calling at the window and demanding entry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e1:o4:1
# text = By calling at the window and demanding entry
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the window | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at window=Stimulus |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund |  | entry |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme entry=Precondition |

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