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description: Which of the following best describes the motive of Uct Dealv for transforming Tuiren into a hound? Exam question 1 of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv t…

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Which of the following best describes the motive of Uct Dealv for transforming Tuiren into a hound?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** motive · **What happens:** follow, describe, transform · **To what, where:** motive, Tuiren

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1046 «Irish Fairy Tales, Iollan and Tuiren, part 14: Uct Dealv turns the queen into a hound and sends her to Fergus» 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/1046-pg2892-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the motive of Uct Dealv for transforming Tuiren into a hound?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	motive	motive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Uct	Uct	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	Dealv	Dealv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	transforming	transform	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
14	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the motive of Uct |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **transform** | gerund | the motive of Uct *not said here* | Tuiren |  |  |  | into a hound *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent tuiren=Patient into hound=Result |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her desire to win back Fergus's favour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = Her desire to win back Fergus's favour
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win back** | to-infinitive | Her desire | Fergus's favour |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality |
| 2 | **desire** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **favour** |  | Fergus |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** |  | Iollan |  |  |  |  | to Tuiren | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren, which she could not forgive or forget at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren, which she could not forgive or forget at all
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **forgive** | could | Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | infinitive | Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **marry** |  | Iollan |  |  |  |  | to Tuiren | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren and her hatred of all dogs in general

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1046-pg2892-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = Her jealousy of Iollan's marriage to Tuiren and her hatred of all dogs in general
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Iollan	Iollan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Tuiren	Tuiren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hatred	hatred	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** |  | Iollan |  |  |  |  | to Tuiren | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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