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title: Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh,… — Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh, as stated in the closing passage. Exam question 4 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:…

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Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh, as stated in the closing passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Ian · **What happens:** explain, not proceed, state · **To what, where:** closing passage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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/1145-pg3027-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e4:1
# text = Explain why Ian Direach could not proceed to the isle of Dhiurradh, as stated in the closing passage.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	Direach	Direach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Dhiurradh	Dhiurradh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **proceed** | could | Ian |  |  |  |  | to the isle of Dhiurradh | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | Ian *not said here* |  |  | the closing passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 {#o1}

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He had not been given the sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = He had not been given the sword
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient sword=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He possessed no boat with which to cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = He possessed no boat with which to cross
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | He | no boat |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boat=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | no boat *not said here* |  |  |  | with no boat | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was forbidden by the giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = He was forbidden by the giant
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	aux:pass	_	_
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | giant *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He had lost the fox on the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = He had lost the fox on the shore
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | He | the fox |  | the shore |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Eventuality |

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