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title: What undertaking did Ferchar Mac Ro offer on behalf of himself and h… — Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connac… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did Ferchar Mac Ro offer on behalf of himself and his three sons? Exam question 3 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, N…

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What undertaking did Ferchar Mac Ro offer on behalf of himself and his three sons?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** undertake · **To what, where:** Ferchar Ro offer

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1995 «Celtic Tales, Deirdre, part 14: Connachar finds Deirdre, Naois takes her to Scotland, and Connachar invites them back to a feast» 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/1995-pg7885-part14/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e3:1
# text = What undertaking did Ferchar Mac Ro offer on behalf of himself and his three sons?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	Ferchar	Ferchar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
5	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	Ro	Ro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund |  | Ferchar Ro offer on behalf of himself |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril on the road and bring them safely to the feast and home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e3:o1:1
# text = To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril on the road and bring them safely to the feast and home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	defend	defend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | to-infinitive |  |  | the sons of Uisnech | the road |  | against any peril | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Beneficiary against peril=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive |  | sons *= son* |  | the feast and home |  | safely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to feast=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To shield them from the king's men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e3:o2:1
# text = To shield them from the king's men
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shield	shield	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shield** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | from the king's men | tree rules |

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

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To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e3:o3:1
# text = To defend the sons of Uisnech against any peril
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	defend	defend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Uisnech	Uisnech	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | to-infinitive |  |  | the sons of Uisnech |  |  | against any peril | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent son=Beneficiary against peril=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To look after them on the whole journey home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1995-pg7885-part14:e3:o4:1
# text = To look after them on the whole journey home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after them *= they* | on the whole journey; home *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on journey=Theme |

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