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description: Pursuant to the text, by what means did Fiachna Finn acquire the sovereignty of Lochlann? Exam question 1 of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38:…

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Pursuant to the text, by what means did Fiachna Finn acquire the sovereignty of Lochlann?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fiachna · **What happens:** mean, acquire · **To what, where:** sovereignty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1070 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Adventures of Mongan, part 38: Mongan is raised, avenges his father, and sees the white cows» 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/1070-pg2892-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the text, by what means did Fiachna Finn acquire the sovereignty of Lochlann?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	Fiachna	Fiachna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	acquire	acquire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sovereignty	sovereignty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Lochlann	Lochlann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the text | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **acquire** | past · do-support | Fiachna | the sovereignty of Lochlann |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sovereignty=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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By victory in battle before nightfall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = By victory in battle before nightfall
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By treaty at the sea-shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = By treaty at the sea-shore
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By cunning and a cradle-bride from Leinster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = By cunning and a cradle-bride from Leinster
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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By victory in battle before nightfall, and a gift of cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1070-pg2892-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = By victory in battle before nightfall, and a gift of cattle
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gift** |  |  | cattle |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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