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title: Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the… — Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Gu… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the mounts of the sheehogues were discovered at the rath? Exam question 4 of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» of the books course of 
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# Exam question 4 · Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the…

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Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the mounts of the sheehogues were discovered at the rath?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, discover · **To what, where:** condition, mounts

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1984 «Irish Fairy Tales, Guleesh, part 3: Guleesh rides with the sheehogues to a wedding feast, and the princess is carried off» 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/1984-pg7885-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the condition in which the mounts of the sheehogues were discovered at the rath?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mounts	mount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sheehogues	sheehogue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	rath	rath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the condition |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 3 | **discover** | past · passive |  | the mounts of the sheehogues |  | the condition |  | at the rath | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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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They had been turned to old brooms and a few rough sticks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = They had been turned to old brooms and a few rough sticks
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	brooms	broom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  | old brooms and a few rough sticks |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to broom=Trajectory |

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

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They had been transformed into a plough beam and other rough objects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = They had been transformed into a plough beam and other rough objects
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	plough	plough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past · perfect · passive |  | They |  |  |  | into a plough beam and other rough objects *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into beam=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had turned into sticks and brooms and rags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = They had turned into sticks and brooms and rags
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sticks	stick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	brooms	broom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · perfect | They |  |  | sticks and brooms and rags |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into stick=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were still fine horses, but they had been tied up with ropes of straw at the rath

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1984-pg7885-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = They were still fine horses, but they had been tied up with ropes of straw at the rath
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	rath	rath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  | still | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie up** | past · perfect · passive |  | they |  | the rath |  | with ropes of straw | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with rope=Co-Patient |

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