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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forc…

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To what extent was Fiachna Finn bound by the Black Hag's judgement when he undertook the campaign against Lochlann?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hag · **What happens:** be, bind, undertake · **To what, where:** extent Fiachna, campaign

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1069 «Irish Fairy Tales, Fiachna Finn, part 37: the king is forced to war, the venomous sheep kill his men, and a laughing stranger offers a dog» 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/1069-pg2892-part37/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e1:1
# text = To what extent was Fiachna Finn bound by the Black Hag's judgement when he undertook the campaign against Lochlann?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Hag	Hag	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	judgement	judgement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	undertook	undertake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	campaign	campaign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Lochlann	Lochlann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | extent Fiachna |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bind** | participle |  | extent Fiachna *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Black Hag's judgement | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **undertake** | past | Hag | the campaign |  |  |  | against Lochlann | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent campaign=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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He was partly bound by her words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e1:o1:1
# text = He was partly bound by her words
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · passive | her words | He |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **word** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was fully bound and marched from the west coast to the east coast of Ireland

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e1:o2:1
# text = He was fully bound and marched from the west coast to the east coast of Ireland
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	marched	march	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	west	west	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	east	east	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · passive |  | He |  | the west coast |  | to the east coast of Ireland; fully *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to coast=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **march** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was bound and marched west to east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e1:o3:1
# text = He was bound and marched west to east
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bound	bound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	west	west	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | bound *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **march** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to east *result*; west *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to east=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was free to go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1069-pg2892-part37:e1:o4:1
# text = He was free to go
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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