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title: What action did the husband take when the fairies attempted to pull… — Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What action did the husband take when the fairies attempted to pull his wife away? Exam question 4 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is c…

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What action did the husband take when the fairies attempted to pull his wife away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband, fairies · **What happens:** take, attempt, pull away · **To what, where:** wife

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» 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/1285-pg3454-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e4:1
# text = What action did the husband take when the fairies attempted to pull his wife away?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | the husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **attempt** | past | the fairies |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **pull away** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the fairies *not said here* | husband's wife |  |  |  | away *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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He made the sign of the cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = He made the sign of the cross
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | the sign of the cross |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He made the sign of the cross over the crying fairies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = He made the sign of the cross over the crying fairies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	crying	crying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | the sign of the cross |  |  |  | over the crying fairies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He shouted at the fairies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = He shouted at the fairies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the fairies | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He made the sign of the cross and prayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = He made the sign of the cross and prayed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | He | the sign of the cross |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Product |
| 2 | **pray** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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