--- title: Which of the following accurately records the fate of Arden, Allen a… — Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately records the fate of Arden, Allen and Naois, as related in this part of the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1996-pg7885-part15/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1996-pg7885-part15/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tr… Which of the following accurately records the fate of Arden, Allen and Naois, as related in this part of the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, record, fate · **To what, where:** fate, Arden This is exam question 3 of lesson 1996 «Celtic Tales, The Sons of Uisnech, part 15: the druid's tricks fail and the three brothers die» 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/1996-pg7885-part15/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately records the fate of Arden, Allen and Naois, as related in this part of the narrative? 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 records record 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 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **record** | present | | the fate of Arden and Allen and Naois | | | | accurately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Theme | | 3 | **fate** | | | Arden and Allen and Naois | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} Allen died upon Naois's shoulder, Arden's hold failed, and Naois's heart stopped beating when he saw them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:e3:o1:1 # text = Allen died upon Naois's shoulder, Arden's hold failed, and Naois's heart stopped beating when he saw them 1 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 beating beat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 xcomp _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Allen | | | | | upon Naois's shoulder | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **fail** | past | Arden's hold | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | past | Naois's heart | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **beat** | gerund | Naois's heart *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | heart | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **hold** | | Arden | | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Arden died upon Naois's shoulder, Allen's hold failed through death, and Naois's heart burst upon seeing them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:e3:o2:1 # text = Arden died upon Naois's shoulder, Allen's hold failed through death, and Naois's heart burst upon seeing them 1 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Arden | | | | | upon Naois's shoulder | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **fail** | past | Allen's hold | | | death | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **burst** | past | Naois's heart | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | gerund | Naois's heart *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 5 | **hold** | | Allen | | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Arden died, Allen fainted, Naois wept ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:e3:o3:1 # text = Arden died, Allen fainted, Naois wept 1 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 fainted faint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Arden | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **faint** | past | Allen | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **weep** | past | Naois | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Arden fell on Naois's shoulder, Allen's grip gave way in death, and Naois fell into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1996-pg7885-part15:e3:o4:1 # text = Arden fell on Naois's shoulder, Allen's grip gave way in death, and Naois fell into the sea 1 Arden Arden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Allen Allen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 Naois Naois PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | Arden | | | Naois's shoulder | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on shoulder=Location | | 2 | **give** | past | Allen's grip | way | | death | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 3 | **fall** | past | Naois | | | | | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result | | 4 | **grip** | | Allen | | | | | | nom grip «act transitive»: poss=agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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