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description: For what reason did Muirne refrain from keeping her son in her own company? Exam question 2 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, with the depen
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Myths, The Boyhood of Fionn, part 5: Fionn grows up…

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For what reason did Muirne refrain from keeping her son in her own company?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Muirne · **What happens:** refrain, keep · **To what, where:** son, own company

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e2:1
# text = For what reason did Muirne refrain from keeping her son in her own company?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Muirne	Muirne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refrain** | past · do-support | Muirne |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | Muirne *not said here* | Muirne's son |  | Muirne's own company |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent son=Theme in company=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She dreaded the clann-Morna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e2:o1:1
# text = She dreaded the clann-Morna
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	clann	clann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dread** | past | She | the clann Morna |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer morna=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She feared Morna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e2:o2:1
# text = She feared Morna
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She | Morna |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer morna=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She feared the king's men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e2:o3:1
# text = She feared the king's men
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She | the king's men |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She dreaded the clann-Cumhal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1037-pg2892-part5:e2:o4:1
# text = She dreaded the clann-Cumhal
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreaded	dread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	clann	clann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Cumhal	Cumhal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dread** | past | She | the clann Cumhal |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cumhal=Stimulus |

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