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title: Which number of couples is recorded in the narrative as having accom… — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which number of couples is recorded in the narrative as having accompanied Partholon to Ireland? Exam question 2 of lesson 1034 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely years, a plague, and a stag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely…

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Which number of couples is recorded in the narrative as having accompanied Partholon to Ireland?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** record, have, accompany · **To what, where:** number, narrative, accompanied Partholon, Ireland

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1034 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely years, a plague, and a stag» 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/1034-pg2892-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e2:1
# text = Which number of couples is recorded in the narrative as having accompanied Partholon to Ireland?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	couples	couple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	Partholon	Partholon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present · passive |  | which number of couples |  | the narrative |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in narrative=Destination |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | accompanied Partholon | Ireland |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partholon=Patient |
| 3 | **accompany** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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twenty-six couples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = twenty-six couples
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	couples	couple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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forty couples and all their horses and cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = forty couples and all their horses and cattle
1	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	couples	couple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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twenty-four couples and their whole household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = twenty-four couples and their whole household
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	couples	couple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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twenty-four couples

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = twenty-four couples
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	couples	couple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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