---
title: What, according to the narrative, did the Shifty Lad's mother identi… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the narrative, did the Shifty Lad's mother identify as the terminal consequence of theft? Exam question 1 of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy become…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What, according to the narrative, did the Shifty Lad's mother identify as the terminal consequence of theft?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** accord, identify

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» 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/1277-pg3454-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e1:1
# text = What, according to the narrative, did the Shifty Lad's mother identify as the terminal consequence of theft?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Shifty	shifty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Lad	Lad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	terminal	terminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **identify** | past · do-support | the Shifty Lad's mother |  |  |  |  | as the terminal consequence of theft | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as consequence=Attribute |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a life of exile across the sea in foreign lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = a life of exile across the sea in foreign lands
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	exile	exile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
being publicly hanged at the bridge of Dublin town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = being publicly hanged at the bridge of Dublin town
1	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
2	publicly	publicly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hange** | gerund · passive |  |  |  | the bridge of Dublin town |  | publicly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
hanging at the gallows of Cork

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = hanging at the gallows of Cork
1	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Cork	Cork	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | the gallows of Cork |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gallows=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
hanging at the bridge of Dublin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = hanging at the bridge of Dublin
1	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | gerund |  |  |  | the bridge of Dublin |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at bridge=Location |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/t12/)
- next →: [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, pa…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1277-pg3454-part2/)