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title: Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes? Exam question 1 of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar…

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Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, bury · **To what, where:** heroes

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1997 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Munachar and Manachar: greedy Manachar eats every raspberry, so Munachar sets out to make a rope and hang him» 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/1997-pg7885-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e1:1
# text = Which action did Deirdre perform upon the burial of the heroes?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Deirdre	Deirdre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action |  |  |  |  | upon the burial of the heroes | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bury** |  |  | the heroes |  |  |  |  | nom burial «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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She lay down in the grave beside Naois and then the brothers were buried with her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = She lay down in the grave beside Naois and then the brothers were buried with her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | past | She |  |  | the grave beside Naois |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location |
| 2 | **bury** | past · passive |  | the brothers |  |  | then | with Naois | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She insisted the gravediggers dig the pit wide, then lay down in the grave beside Naois

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = She insisted the gravediggers dig the pit wide, then lay down in the grave beside Naois
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	insisted	insist	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	gravediggers	gravedigger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **dig** | present | the gravediggers |  |  |  |  | wide *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lay down** | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | the grave beside Naois | then | down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in grave=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She climbed into the pit next to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = She climbed into the pit next to him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | She |  | him *= he* | the pit |  | next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into pit=Initial\_Location to he=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She lay down in the grave beside Naois

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1997-pg7885-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = She lay down in the grave beside Naois
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Naois	Naois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | past | She |  |  | the grave |  | beside Naois; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in grave=Location |

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