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title: Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclus… — Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclusion of this passage? Exam question 4 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 pragm
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

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Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclusion of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** reveal, be · **To what, where:** man, conclusion

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e4:1
# text = Which individual did the old man reveal himself to be at the conclusion of this passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past · do-support | which individual | man |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | which individual *not said here* |  |  | the conclusion |  | of this passage | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Spirit of Age

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e4:o1:1
# text = The Spirit of Age
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	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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The spirit who guards the river and all who cross the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e4:o2:1
# text = The spirit who guards the river and all who cross the glen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cross	cross	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | the spirit | the river |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **cross** | present |  | the glen |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glen=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Spirit of Time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e4:o3:1
# text = The Spirit of Time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Time	Time	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ancient keeper of the cows, who had lived since the first winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e4:o4:1
# text = The ancient keeper of the cows, who had lived since the first winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
11	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect | the ancient keeper of the cows |  |  |  | winter |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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