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title: Which proposal did the Carl advance regarding the course, and to wha… — Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which proposal did the Carl advance regarding the course, and to what end? Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 3 · Fionn tales, The Carl of the Drab Coat, part 25: a muddy g…

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Which proposal did the Carl advance regarding the course, and to what end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** proposal, Carl advance · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** Carl advance, course

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e3:1
# text = Which proposal did the Carl advance regarding the course, and to what end?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	proposal	proposal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	14	det	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which proposal | the Carl advance |  |  | to what end |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advance=Eventuality |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund | the Carl advance *not said here* | the course |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

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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 race to Tara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e3:o1:1
# text = A race to Tara
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A feast at Slieve Luachra hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e3:o2:1
# text = A feast at Slieve Luachra hill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A race from Slieve Luachra to Ben Edair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e3:o3:1
# text = A race from Slieve Luachra to Ben Edair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	Luachra	Luachra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	Edair	Edair	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wager of gold on the far hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1057-pg2892-part25:e3:o4:1
# text = A wager of gold on the far hill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wager** |  |  | gold |  | the far hill |  |  | nom wager «act transitive»: of=patient on=place |

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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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