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title: Identify the figure who first detects the approaching dust and state… — Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the D… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure who first detects the approaching dust and state his role in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of th…

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Identify the figure who first detects the approaching dust and state his role in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, figure · **What happens:** identify, detect, approach · **To what, where:** figure, approaching dust, narrative

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1059 «Old Celtic Romances, The Carl of the Drab Coat: Cael of the Iron is beaten and the Carl is revealed as a god» 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/1059-pg2892-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:e3:1
# text = Identify the figure who first detects the approaching dust and state his role in the narrative.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	detects	detect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	role	role	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **detect** | present | the figure | the approaching dust and state |  | the narrative |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **approach** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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The lookout who sees the dust, sure.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = The lookout who sees the dust, sure.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lookout	lookout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the lookout | the dust |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dust=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fionn, whose wisdom tells the Fianna where the Carl and Cael are hiding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = Fionn, whose wisdom tells the Fianna where the Carl and Cael are hiding
1	Fionn	Fionn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Fionn |  | the Fianna |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fianna=Recipient |
| 2 | **hide** | present · progressive | the Carl and Cael |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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The eagle-eyed watcher, whose sight reveals the Carl and Cael to the Fianna

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = The eagle-eyed watcher, whose sight reveals the Carl and Cael to the Fianna
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eyed	eyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	watcher	watcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Cael	Cael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Fianna	Fianna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | present | sight | the Carl and Cael | the Fianna |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent carl=Topic to fianna=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The eagle-eyed watcher, who spots the dust.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1059-pg2892-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = The eagle-eyed watcher, who spots the dust.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eyed	eyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	watcher	watcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spots	spot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | present | the eyed watcher | the dust |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dust=Destination |

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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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