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title: According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchante… — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchanted animal, and to whom were they subsequently dispatched? Exam question 3 of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound…

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According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchanted animal, and to whom were they subsequently dispatched?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** enchanted animal, hounds · **What happens:** accord, produce, enchant, dispatch · **To what, where:** hounds

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1047 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuiren, part 15: Fergus loves the hound, Tuiren is freed, Fionn chases a fawn» 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/1047-pg2892-part15/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:e3:1
# text = According to the passage, which hounds were produced by the enchanted animal, and to whom were they subsequently dispatched?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	7	det	_	_
7	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **produce** | past · passive | the enchanted animal | which hounds |  |  |  | accord the passage | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 3 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **dispatch** | past · passive | hounds *= hound* |  |  |  |  | subsequently *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to whom=Destination |

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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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They were born and sent to Fergus's hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:e3:o1:1
# text = They were born and sent to Fergus's hall
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  |  |  | Fergus's hall |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hall=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bran and Sceo'lan were produced by the enchanted hound and later dispatched to Fionn as gifts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:e3:o2:1
# text = Bran and Sceo'lan were produced by the enchanted hound and later dispatched to Fionn as gifts
1	Bran	Bran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past · passive | the enchanted hound | Bran and Sceo'lan |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **dispatch** | past | the enchanted hound *not said here* |  | Fionn |  |  | as gifts; late *property* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to fionn=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hounds were born of the enchanted animal and were dispatched to Fionn and then to Fergus at the hall

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:e3:o3:1
# text = The hounds were born of the enchanted animal and were dispatched to Fionn and then to Fergus at the hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hounds	hound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | past · passive |  | the hounds |  |  |  | of the enchanted animal | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **dispatch** | past · passive |  |  | Fionn and Fergus | the hall |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to fionn=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bran and Sceo'lan were dispatched to Fionn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1047-pg2892-part15:e3:o4:1
# text = Bran and Sceo'lan were dispatched to Fionn
1	Bran	Bran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Sceo'lan	Sceo'lan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dispatch** | past · passive |  | Bran and Sceo'lan | Fionn |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to fionn=Destination |

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