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title: Which phenomenon was reported to have accompanied Art's absence from… — Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phenomenon was reported to have accompanied Art's absence from Ireland? Exam question 4 of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses…

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Which phenomenon was reported to have accompanied Art's absence from Ireland?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Art · **What happens:** report, accompany, absent · **To what, where:** phenomenon, absence, Ireland

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1063 «Crock of Gold, The Hundred Fighter, part 31: Conn chooses Becuma, Art is banished, and Ireland starves» 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/1063-pg2892-part31/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:e4:1
# text = Which phenomenon was reported to have accompanied Art's absence from Ireland?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	xcomp	_	_
8	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | past · passive |  | which phenomenon |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **accompany** | to-infinitive · perfect |  | Art's absence |  | Ireland |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent absence=Theme from ireland=Destination |
| 3 | **absent** |  | Art |  |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Blight on the cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = Blight on the cattle
1	Blight	blight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The spoiling of the grain and the silencing of the bells in every hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = The spoiling of the grain and the silencing of the bells in every hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spoiling	spoiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	silencing	silencing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** |  | the grain and the silencing of the bells |  |  | every hall |  |  | nom spoiling «process intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

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

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The failure of the corn and milk and the emptying of the honey hives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = The failure of the corn and milk and the emptying of the honey hives
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	emptying	emptying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	hives	hive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** |  | the corn and milk and the emptying of the honey hives |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 2 | **empty** |  |  | the honey hives |  |  |  |  | nom emptying «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The failure of the corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1063-pg2892-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = The failure of the corn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** |  | the corn |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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