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# Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30:…

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In what manner did the High King Conn choose to address his grief following the death of Queen Eithne?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** High King Conn, grief, Eithne · **What happens:** do, choose, address, follow, die · **To what, where:** manner, grief, death

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1062 «Gods and Fighting Men, Conn the Hundred Fighter, part 30: Conn grieves for his queen and a stranger comes out of the sea» 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/1062-pg2892-part30/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the High King Conn choose to address his grief following the death of Queen Eithne?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	High	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Conn	Conn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	address	address	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:desc	_	_
19	Eithne	Eithne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **choose** | present | the High King Conn |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **address** | to-infinitive | the High King Conn *not said here* | Conn's grief |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Destination |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund | Conn's grief *not said here* | the death of Eithne  Queen |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 5 | **die** |  | Eithne  Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He handed the kingdom to his son and sat weeping in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:e2:o1:1
# text = He handed the kingdom to his son and sat weeping in the hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | He | the kingdom | his son |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to son=Destination |
| 2 | **sit** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **weep** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the hall | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He gave power to Art and sailed off to the western islands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:e2:o2:1
# text = He gave power to Art and sailed off to the western islands
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | power | Art |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Theme to art=Recipient |
| 2 | **sail off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the western islands |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to island=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He handed the kingdom to his son Art and then wandered the shore in silent mourning for many months

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:e2:o3:1
# text = He handed the kingdom to his son Art and then wandered the shore in silent mourning for many months
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	mourning	mourning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | He | the kingdom | his son |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme to son=Destination |
| 2 | **wander** | past | He *not said here* | the shore |  | silent mourning | then; month |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shore=Trajectory |

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

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He delegated the rule to his son Art and walked beside the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1062-pg2892-part30:e2:o4:1
# text = He delegated the rule to his son Art and walked beside the sea
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	delegated	delegate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **delegate** | past | He | the rule |  |  |  | to his son | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside sea=Trajectory |

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