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title: Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan… — Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan son of Gorla. Exam question 3 of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

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Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan son of Gorla.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, old man · **What happens:** identify, confer · **To what, where:** reward

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» 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/1185-pg3027-part51/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e3:1
# text = Identify the reward which the old man formally conferred upon Covan son of Gorla.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Gorla	Gorla	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reward |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 2 | **confer** | participle | the old man | the reward |  |  |  | upon Covan son of Gorla; formally *property* | tree rules |

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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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Restoration of his sister to his home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e3:o1:1
# text = Restoration of his sister to his home
1	Restoration	restoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Return of his lost brothers home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e3:o2:1
# text = Return of his lost brothers home
1	Return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **return** |  | his lost brothers |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Return of his sister and brothers to their home in the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e3:o3:1
# text = Return of his sister and brothers to their home in the glen
1	Return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** |  | his sister and brothers |  |  | the glen |  | to brothers's home | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=agent to=obl in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Permission to rule the valley and to keep all the cows he found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e3:o4:1
# text = Permission to rule the valley and to keep all the cows he found
1	Permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  | the valley |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | all cows |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |
| 3 | **find** | past | he | all cows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Topic |

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