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title: Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this sectio… — Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this section of the narrative. Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Myths, Tuan mac Cairill, part 3: Tuan becomes a stag…

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Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this section of the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, present, fate, section · **To what, where:** fate, section, people, narrative

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e4:1
# text = Describe the fate of the people of Nemed as presented in this section of the narrative.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Nemed	Nemed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the fate of the people of Nemed |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | this section of the narrative |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fate** |  |  | the people of Nemed |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **section** |  |  | the narrative |  |  |  |  | nom section «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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they perished, leaving only bones in the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = they perished, leaving only bones in the land
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | they *not said here* | bones |  | the land |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in land=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they perished to the last man, leaving nothing but bones scattered across the plain of Ulster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = they perished to the last man, leaving nothing but bones scattered across the plain of Ulster
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	obj	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to the last man | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | they *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
| 3 | **scatter** | participle |  |  |  | the plain of Ulster |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across plain=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they wandered off and settled far across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = they wandered off and settled far across the sea
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander off** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **settle** | past | they *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  | far *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they perished in the great war, leaving only bones in the land and the sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1035-pg2892-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = they perished in the great war, leaving only bones in the land and the sea
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | they |  |  | the great war |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | they *not said here* | bones |  | the land and the sea |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bone=Theme in land=Location |

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