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description: State the principal reason given by the narrator for his transformation into a hawk. Exam question 2 of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

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State the principal reason given by the narrator for his transformation into a hawk.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** give, transform · **To what, where:** State principal reason

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1035 «Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag, a boar, a hawk, then a salmon» 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/1035-pg2892-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e2:1
# text = State the principal reason given by the narrator for his transformation into a hawk.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the State principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the narrator; for his transformation; into a hawk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for transformation=Asset |
| 2 | **transform** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=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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the spell of a jealous queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = the spell of a jealous queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** |  |  | a jealous queen |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a wizard's spell from the west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = a wizard's spell from the west
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** |  | a wizard |  |  | the west |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent from=place |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the onset of old age overtook him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = the onset of old age overtook him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	onset	onset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	overtook	overtake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overtake** | past | the onset of old age | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = he was bored
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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