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description: With reference to the text, identify the agent responsible for the magical dangers encountered by Art on his journey. Exam question 2 of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses…

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With reference to the text, identify the agent responsible for the magical dangers encountered by Art on his journey.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, responsible, Art · **What happens:** identify, encounter, journey · **To what, where:** agent, journey

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1066 «Irish Tales, The Wooing of Delvcaem, part 34: Art crosses monsters and dangers, then fights Dog Head and Morgan» 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/1066-pg2892-part34/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, identify the agent responsible for the magical dangers encountered by Art on his journey.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	nsubj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
15	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Art	Art	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 agent |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **encounter** | past | responsible |  |  | Art's journey |  | for the magical dangers; by Art | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **journey** |  | Art |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act 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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The hags who lived in the forest, who were all sisters of Morgan and worked under Dog Head's orders at the palace.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e2:o1:1
# text = The hags who lived in the forest, who were all sisters of Morgan and worked under Dog Head's orders at the palace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hags	hag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
16	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	Dog	Dog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Head	Head	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the hags |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Location |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the forest | all sisters |  |  |  | of Morgan | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | past | the hags |  |  | Dog Head's orders |  | at the palace | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at palace=Theme |
| 4 | **order** |  | Dog Head |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Morgan the witch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e2:o2:1
# text = Morgan the witch.
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Morgan, the king of the hags.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e2:o3:1
# text = Morgan, the king of the hags.
1	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hags	hag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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Dog Head, wife of Morgan, the great witch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1066-pg2892-part34:e2:o4:1
# text = Dog Head, wife of Morgan, the great witch.
1	Dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Morgan	Morgan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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