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description: Specify the nature of the omission by which the poet acknowledged that he had deceived his pupil. Exam question 3 of lesson 1042 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn roasts the salmon, is tempted, and sets out for Tara» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn…

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Specify the nature of the omission by which the poet acknowledged that he had deceived his pupil.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, poet · **What happens:** specify, acknowledge, deceive · **To what, where:** nature, pupil

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1042 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Salmon of Knowledge, part 10: Fionn roasts the salmon, is tempted, and sets out for Tara» 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/1042-pg2892-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:e3:1
# text = Specify the nature of the omission by which the poet acknowledged that he had deceived his pupil.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nature	nature	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	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	deceived	deceive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	ccomp	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nature of the omission |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |
| 2 | **acknowledge** | past | the poet |  |  |  |  | by the omission | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **deceive** | past · perfect | poet | poet's pupil |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=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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the prohibition on eating the salmon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = the prohibition on eating the salmon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund | the prohibition *not said here* | the salmon |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salmon=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the promise of a share of the salmon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = the promise of a share of the salmon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** |  |  | a share of the salmon |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **share** |  |  | the salmon |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the silence about the forbidden feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = the silence about the forbidden feast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the rule about the sacred salmon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1042-pg2892-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = the rule about the sacred salmon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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