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# Exam question 3 · Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a stra…

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What undertaking does Fionn make at the close of this part with regard to Caelte mac Rona'n?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** undertaking · **What happens:** make · **To what, where:** close

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1056 «Fionn's Fianna, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 24: a strange lord arrives by sea and challenges the Fianna to a contest» 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/1056-pg2892-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1056-pg2892-part24:e3:1
# text = What undertaking does Fionn make at the close of this part with regard to Caelte mac Rona'n?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	Caelte	Caelte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	Rona'n	Rona'n	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · do-support | undertaking |  |  | the close of this part with regard to Caelte mac |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset what=Product |

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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}

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He resolves to fetch the champion in person, leaving the camp and riding north alone at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1056-pg2892-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = He resolves to fetch the champion in person, leaving the camp and riding north alone at dawn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	champion	champion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
15	north	north	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the champion |  |  |  | in person | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent champion=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | He *not said here* | the camp |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme |
| 4 | **ride** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  | dawn | north *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He decides to send a messenger to call him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1056-pg2892-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = He decides to send a messenger to call him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a messenger |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

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

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He resolves to fetch the champion in person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1056-pg2892-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = He resolves to fetch the champion in person
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	champion	champion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the champion |  |  |  | in person | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent champion=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He decides to call the champion back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1056-pg2892-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = He decides to call the champion back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	champion	champion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **call back** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the champion |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent champion=Recipient |

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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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