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title: At what annual occasion did Aillen proceed to ravage Tara? — Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what annual occasion did Aillen proceed to ravage Tara? Exam question 4 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Exam question 4 · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen…

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At what annual occasion did Aillen proceed to ravage Tara?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aillen · **What happens:** proceed, ravage · **To what, where:** Tara

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» 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/1043-pg2892-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e4:1
# text = At what annual occasion did Aillen proceed to ravage Tara?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Aillen	Aillen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	ravage	ravage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past · do-support | Aillen |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ravage** | to-infinitive | Aillen *not said here* | Tara |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tara=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 {#o1}

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At the great autumn feast of Samhain, when the king's hall is full

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = At the great autumn feast of Samhain, when the king's hall is full
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Samhain	Samhain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the king's hall |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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At the feast of Samhain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = At the feast of Samhain
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Samhain	Samhain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At the festival of Imbolc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = At the festival of Imbolc
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Imbolc	Imbolc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At the feast of Samhain, when the doors between the worlds open wide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = At the feast of Samhain, when the doors between the worlds open wide
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Samhain	Samhain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	worlds	world	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	wide	wide	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | the doors between the worlds |  |  | the feast of Samhain |  | wide *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at feast=Location |

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