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title: By what term does mac an Da'v describe the two clerics upon their fi… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what term does mac an Da'v describe the two clerics upon their first appearance? Exam question 4 of lesson 1072 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his servant reach a noisy feast in Leinster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his…

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By what term does mac an Da'v describe the two clerics upon their first appearance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, Da'v · **What happens:** do, describe · **To what, where:** mac, two clerics

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1072 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan, part 40: a sad king and his servant reach a noisy feast in Leinster» 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/1072-pg2892-part40/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:e4:1
# text = By what term does mac an Da'v describe the two clerics upon their first appearance?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	mac	mac	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Da'v	Da'v	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	clerics	cleric	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | term | mac |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mac=Eventuality |
| 2 | **describe** | infinitive | a Da'v | the two clerics |  |  |  | upon clerics's first appearance | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cleric=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 {#o1}

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rogues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:e4:o1:1
# text = rogues
1	rogues	rogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the cowards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:e4:o2:1
# text = the cowards
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cowards	coward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the fools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:e4:o3:1
# text = the fools
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fools	fool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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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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the rascals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1072-pg2892-part40:e4:o4:1
# text = the rascals
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rascals	rascal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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