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title: By what principle did Cormac mac Art reject the pronouncement of Fla… — Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what principle did Cormac mac Art reject the pronouncement of Flahri regarding damages? Exam question 1 of lesson 1055 «Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast starts a hall-wide fight, then judges at Tara give their ruling» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast…

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By what principle did Cormac mac Art reject the pronouncement of Flahri regarding damages?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principle · **What happens:** do, reject, regard, pronounce · **To what, where:** Cormac mac Art, pronouncement, Flahri

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1055 «Fionn Tales, The Brawl at the Feast, part 23: Goll's boast starts a hall-wide fight, then judges at Tara give their ruling» 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/1055-pg2892-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e1:1
# text = By what principle did Cormac mac Art reject the pronouncement of Flahri regarding damages?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Cormac	Cormac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	reject	reject	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Flahri	Flahri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
14	damages	damage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | principle | Cormac mac Art |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reject** | present |  | the pronouncement of Flahri |  |  |  | regard damages | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pronouncement=Theme |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pronounce** |  |  | Flahri |  |  |  | regard damages | nom pronouncement «communication transitive»: of=patient regard=obl |

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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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A soldier owes obedience to his captain and his king at all times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = A soldier owes obedience to his captain and his king at all times
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owes	owe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | present | a soldier | obedience |  |  | time | to soldier's captain and soldier's king *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent obedience=Theme to captain=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A king must judge his men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = A king must judge his men
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	judge	judge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | must | a king | king's men |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent man=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The captain must be obeyed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = The captain must be obeyed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obeyed	obey	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 | **obey** | must · passive |  | the captain |  |  |  |  | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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A soldier owes obedience to his captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1055-pg2892-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = A soldier owes obedience to his captain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owes	owe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | present | a soldier | obedience |  |  |  | to soldier's captain *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent obedience=Theme to captain=Goal |

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