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title: Upon what grounds does Fiacuil justify his own presence on the plain… — Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man f… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds does Fiacuil justify his own presence on the plain at that hour? Exam question 3 of lesson 1044 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'» of the books course of 
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# Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 1…

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Upon what grounds does Fiacuil justify his own presence on the plain at that hour?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grounds · **What happens:** justify · **To what, where:** own presence, plain

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1044 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fionn and the Man from the Shi', part 12: Fionn waits alone in the dark, meets his old friend Fiacuil, and gets ready for the Man of the Shi'» 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/1044-pg2892-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e3:1
# text = Upon what grounds does Fiacuil justify his own presence on the plain at that hour?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Fiacuil	Fiacuil	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	justify	justify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **justify** *speech: other* | present · do-support | grounds | Fiacuil's own presence |  | the plain at that hour |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presence=Topic |

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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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He comes to help Fionn in return for payment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = He comes to help Fionn in return for payment
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | Fionn | return for payment |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fionn=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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For gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = For gold
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To be paid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = To be paid
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He came because Fionn asked him to come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1044-pg2892-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = He came because Fionn asked him to come
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Fionn |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Fionn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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