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title: Which two women were appointed as the guardians of the infant Fionn… — Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which two women were appointed as the guardians of the infant Fionn in the woods of Slieve Bloom? Exam question 1 of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

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Which two women were appointed as the guardians of the infant Fionn in the woods of Slieve Bloom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** appoint · **To what, where:** two women, woods

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1037 «Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up hidden in the woods, climbs trees, and is secretly visited by his mother» 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/1037-pg2892-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e1:1
# text = Which two women were appointed as the guardians of the infant Fionn in the woods of Slieve Bloom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guardians	guardian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Bloom	Bloom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | past · passive |  | two women |  | the woods of Slieve Bloom |  | as the guardians of the infant Fionn | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme which=Attribute |

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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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Bovmall and Lia Luachra

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = Bovmall and Lia Luachra
1	Bovmall	Bovmall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Lia	Lia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bovmall, Lia Luachra and the nurse of the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = Bovmall, Lia Luachra and the nurse of the glen
1	Bovmall	Bovmall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Lia	Lia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bovmall and Lia Luachra, the two druidesses of Slieve Bloom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = Bovmall and Lia Luachra, the two druidesses of Slieve Bloom
1	Bovmall	Bovmall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Lia	Lia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	druidesses	druidess	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Bloom	Bloom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bovmall and Muirne Dhu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = Bovmall and Muirne Dhu
1	Bovmall	Bovmall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Muirne	Muirne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Dhu	Dhu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
```

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

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