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title: What finally compelled the lord to open his great door on the mornin… — Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan M… · tree and pragmatics
description: What finally compelled the lord to open his great door on the morning after the siege? Exam question 2 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 the 
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, part 1:…

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What finally compelled the lord to open his great door on the morning after the siege?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** compel, open · **To what, where:** lord, great door

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e2:1
# text = What finally compelled the lord to open his great door on the morning after the siege?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	siege	siege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past |  | the lord |  |  |  | finally *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | to-infinitive |  | his great door |  |  | after the siege; morning |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The steadfastness of Finnian's fast outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e2:o1:1
# text = The steadfastness of Finnian's fast outside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steadfastness	steadfastness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Finnian	Finnian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bell that rang at the monastery gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e2:o2:1
# text = The bell that rang at the monastery gate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the bell |  |  | the monastery gate |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sleeplessness of the lord at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e2:o3:1
# text = The sleeplessness of the lord at night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sleeplessness	sleeplessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The steadfastness of Finnian's fast outside and the pleas of all the servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1033-pg2892-part1:e2:o4:1
# text = The steadfastness of Finnian's fast outside and the pleas of all the servants
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steadfastness	steadfastness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Finnian	Finnian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pleas	plea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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