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title: What is the consequence of the King of Leinster's mistaken attack up… — Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy: Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the consequence of the King of Leinster's mistaken attack upon Tibraide's men? Exam question 4 of lesson 1073 «Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy: Mongan tricks the priests and wins back Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy: Mongan tricks the prie…

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What is the consequence of the King of Leinster's mistaken attack upon Tibraide's men?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leinster · **What happens:** be, attack · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1073 «Irish Fairy Tales, Mongan's Frenzy: Mongan tricks the priests and wins back Duv Laca» 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/1073-pg2892-part41/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1073-pg2892-part41:e4:1
# text = What is the consequence of the King of Leinster's mistaken attack upon Tibraide's men?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	mistaken	mistaken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	Tibraide	Tibraide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the consequence |  |  |  | of the King; of Leinster's mistaken attack upon Tibraide's men | tree rules |
| 2 | **attack** |  | Leinster |  |  |  |  | upon Tibraide's men | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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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He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1073-pg2892-part41:e4:o1:1
# text = He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	apologises	apologise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tibraide	Tibraide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | present | He |  | Tibraide |  |  | afterwards *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards and gives him back all his men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1073-pg2892-part41:e4:o2:1
# text = He apologises to Tibraide' afterwards and gives him back all his men
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	apologises	apologise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tibraide	Tibraide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	iobj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | present | He |  | Tibraide |  |  | afterwards *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give back** | present | He *not said here* | Tibraide's men | Tibraide |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient man=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He sends his army after Tibraide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1073-pg2892-part41:e4:o3:1
# text = He sends his army after Tibraide
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Tibraide	Tibraide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | He | his army |  |  | after Tibraide |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He kills Tibraide's men at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1073-pg2892-part41:e4:o4:1
# text = He kills Tibraide's men at the gate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Tibraide	Tibraide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | present | He | Tibraide's men |  | the gate |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |

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