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title: With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cae… — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cael before his departure? Exam question 1 of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cael before his departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passage, Fionn · **What happens:** compact, require, depart

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1057 «Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy giant offers to race Cael in Fionn's place» 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/1057-pg2892-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what compact did Fionn require of Cael before his departure?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	compact	compact	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	require	require	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compact** | present | the passage |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **require** | past · do-support | Fionn |  |  |  | before Fionn's departure | with reference to the passage; of Cael | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **depart** |  | Fionn |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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That Cael stay home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = That Cael stay home
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | infinitive | that Cael |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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That Cael befriend the Fianna present

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = That Cael befriend the Fianna present
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	befriend	befriend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **befriend** | present | that Cael | the Fianna present |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Cael fight the Fianna men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = That Cael fight the Fianna men
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | present | that Cael | the Fianna men |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That Cael make peace with them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = That Cael make peace with them
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | infinitive | that Cael | peace |  |  |  | with them *= they* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Product |

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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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