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title: Which of the following best characterises the manner in which Donald… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best characterises the manner in which Donald O'Neary secured his cattle? Exam question 3 of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the w…

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Which of the following best characterises the manner in which Donald O'Neary secured his cattle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best, Donald · **What happens:** follow, characteris, secure · **To what, where:** manner, cattle

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1992 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Donald O'Neary: the cheats drown the wrong man and chase clouds in the lake» 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/1992-pg7885-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best characterises the manner in which Donald O'Neary secured his cattle?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
6	characterises	characteris	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	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	O'Neary	O'Neary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | **characteris** | present | the best | the manner |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **secure** | past | Donald | Donald's cattle |  | the manner |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition cattle=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 {#o1}

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He stole the cattle from the brothers at the lake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = He stole the cattle from the brothers at the lake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	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	cattle	cattle	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	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He persuaded the brothers to exchange their hides for his own place in the sack

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = He persuaded the brothers to exchange their hides for his own place in the sack
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persuaded	persuade	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	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	exchange	exchange	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hides	hide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | past | He | the brothers |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Patient |
| 2 | **exchange** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | brothers's hides |  |  |  | for his own place in the sack | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent hide=Theme for place=Co-Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He persuaded the farmer to exchange his herd for his own place in the sack

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = He persuaded the farmer to exchange his herd for his own place in the sack
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	persuaded	persuade	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	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	exchange	exchange	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | past | He | the farmer |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient |
| 2 | **exchange** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | farmer's herd |  |  |  | for farmer's own place in the sack | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent herd=Theme for place=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He convinced the farmer to swap his cattle for a place in the sack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1992-pg7885-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = He convinced the farmer to swap his cattle for a place in the sack
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	convinced	convince	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	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swap	swap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convince** | past | He | the farmer |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **swap** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | farmer's cattle |  |  |  | for a place in the sack | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme for place=Co-Theme |

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