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# Exam question 4 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn s…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Describe the circumstances under which Iollan Eachtach came to be bound by the stipulation set by Fionn, and identify the sureties to that agreement.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Iollan, stipulation · **What happens:** describe, come, bind, set, identify · **To what, where:** circumstances, stipulation, sureties

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1045 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Birth of Bran, part 13: Fionn slays Aillen, Goll submits to Fionn, and Tuiren marries Iollan» 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/1045-pg2892-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:e4:1
# text = Describe the circumstances under which Iollan Eachtach came to be bound by the stipulation set by Fionn, and identify the sureties to that agreement.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	Eachtach	Eachtach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stipulation	stipulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
25	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstances |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | Iollan |  |  | the circumstances |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under which=Location |
| 3 | **bind** | to-infinitive · passive | the stipulation |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **set** | participle |  | the stipulation *not said here* |  |  |  | by Fionn | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by fionn=Destination |
| 5 | **identify** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the sureties |  |  |  | to that agreement | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent surety=Theme to agreement=be' |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Iollan agreed at the wedding feast to return Tuiren to Fionn's household if she should ever be unhappy in Ulster, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna, Lugaidh and Oisin stood surety for him.

<!-- fold The tree, 35 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = Iollan agreed at the wedding feast to return Tuiren to Fionn's household if she should ever be unhappy in Ulster, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna, Lugaidh and Oisin stood surety for him.
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
19	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
24	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
25	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	_
26	Ronan	Ronan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
30	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	Lugaidh	Lugaidh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	Oisin	Oisin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
36	surety	surety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Iollan |  |  | the wedding feast |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | Iollan *not said here* | Tuiren |  | Fionn's household |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tuiren=Theme to household=Destination |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | Iollan |  |  | Ulster | ever | unhappy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | past | Caelte and Goll mac and Lugaidh and Oisin | surety |  |  |  | for Oisin | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer surety=Stimulus for he=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Iollan agreed to send Tuiren back if she was unhappy, and Caelte and Goll stood as sureties to it.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = Iollan agreed to send Tuiren back if she was unhappy, and Caelte and Goll stood as sureties to it.
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Iollan |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Iollan *not said here* | Tuiren |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuiren=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Iollan |  |  |  |  | unhappy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | past | Caelte and Goll |  | it |  |  | as sureties | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Iollan agreed to return Tuiren if she should be unhappy, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna and Lugaidh stood surety.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = Iollan agreed to return Tuiren if she should be unhappy, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna and Lugaidh stood surety.
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
13	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
14	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	_
15	Ronan	Ronan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
19	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	flat	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Lugaidh	Lugaidh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
22	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
23	surety	surety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Iollan |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Iollan *not said here* | Tuiren |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuiren=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | Iollan |  |  |  |  | unhappy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand** | past | Caelte and Goll mac and Lugaidh | surety |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer surety=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Iollan was bound by Fionn's stipulation only after Tuiren begged for it, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna and Lugaidh were the sureties who guaranteed it at Tara.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1045-pg2892-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = Iollan was bound by Fionn's stipulation only after Tuiren begged for it, and Caelte mac Ronan, Goll mac Morna and Lugaidh were the sureties who guaranteed it at Tara.
1	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	stipulation	stipulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
16	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
18	Ronan	Ronan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	Goll	Goll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
22	Morna	Morna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	flat	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	Lugaidh	Lugaidh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	cop	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	sureties	surety	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	at	at	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · passive | Fionn's stipulation | Iollan |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Tuiren |  |  |  |  | for stipulation | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for it=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Caelte mac | the sureties |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **guarantee** | past | the sureties | stipulation |  | Tara |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Theme |
| 5 | **stipulate** |  | Fionn |  |  |  |  |  | nom stipulation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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