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title: Which stratagem did the council adopt in order to identify the right… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which stratagem did the council adopt in order to identify the rightful suitor among the twenty men? Exam question 2 of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…

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Which stratagem did the council adopt in order to identify the rightful suitor among the twenty men?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stratagem · **What happens:** adopt, identify · **To what, where:** rightful suitor

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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/1279-pg3454-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:e2:1
# text = Which stratagem did the council adopt in order to identify the rightful suitor among the twenty men?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	rightful	rightful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	suitor	suitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	among	among	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · do-support | which stratagem |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **identify** | to-infinitive | which stratagem *not said here* | the rightful suitor |  |  |  | among the twenty men | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent suitor=Theme |

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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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A child was to present an apple to one man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = A child was to present an apple to one man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	present	present	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a child |  |  |  |  | to one man; present *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A young child was to walk into the room and present a red apple to the one man chosen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = A young child was to walk into the room and present a red apple to the one man chosen
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	present	present	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a young child |  |  | the room |  | walk *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **present** | infinitive | a young child *not said here* | a red apple | the one man |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent apple=Theme to man=Recipient |
| 3 | **choose** | participle |  | the one man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A test of skill was set for all twenty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = A test of skill was set for all twenty
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past · passive |  | a test of skill |  |  |  | for all twenty | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for twenty=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **test** |  |  | skill |  |  |  |  | nom test «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The king would decide by a riddle contest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1279-pg3454-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = The king would decide by a riddle contest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	riddle	riddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | would | the king |  |  |  |  | by a riddle contest | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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