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title: What undertaking did Owen fulfil in the wood before the castle episo… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Ow… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did Owen fulfil in the wood before the castle episode? Exam question 3 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him…

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What undertaking did Owen fulfil in the wood before the castle episode?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Owen · **What happens:** undertake, fulfil · **To what, where:** wood

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1327 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Owen and Luned, Owen's lion helps him win Luned back from the giant and the captors» 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/1327-pg3454-part52/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e3:1
# text = What undertaking did Owen fulfil in the wood before the castle episode?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund | Owen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fulfil** | past · do-support | Owen |  |  | the wood | before the castle episode |  | 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 {#o1}

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He killed the wolf that blocked the lion from the castle gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e3:o1:1
# text = He killed the wolf that blocked the lion from the castle gate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	killed	kill	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	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past | He | the wolf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |
| 2 | **block** | past | the wolf |  | the lion | the castle gate |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer lion=Beneficiary from gate=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He slew the serpent that prevented the lion reaching the mound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e3:o2:1
# text = He slew the serpent that prevented the lion reaching the mound
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slew	slay	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	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past | He | the serpent |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent serpent=Patient |
| 2 | **prevent** | past | the serpent | the lion |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer lion=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | the lion *not said here* | the mound |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mound=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He fought a giant and a serpent that prevented the lion from ever reaching the great mound

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e3:o3:1
# text = He fought a giant and a serpent that prevented the lion from ever reaching the great mound
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	advmod	_	_
14	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	mound	mound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | He | a giant |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **prevent** | past | a serpent | the lion |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer lion=Theme |
| 3 | **reach** | gerund | a serpent *not said here* | the great mound |  |  | ever |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mound=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He rescued the lady from the cave in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1327-pg3454-part52:e3:o4:1
# text = He rescued the lady from the cave in the wood
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rescued	rescue	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	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past | He | the lady |  | the cave |  | in the wood | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lady=Theme from cave=Source |

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