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title: Which term denotes the figure of speech used by the king to express… — Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and h… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which term denotes the figure of speech used by the king to express affection toward the goose? Exam question 4 of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavi…

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Which term denotes the figure of speech used by the king to express affection toward the goose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** denote, use, express, figure · **To what, where:** figure, speech, affection

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1999 «Celtic Fairy Tales, King O'Toole and his Goose: Saint Kavin mends the goose and the king pays with his land» 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/1999-pg7885-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:e4:1
# text = Which term denotes the figure of speech used by the king to express affection toward the goose?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	express	express	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | which term | the figure of speech |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot figure=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | speech *not said here* |  |  |  | by the king | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **express** | to-infinitive |  | affection |  |  |  | toward the goose | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme |
| 4 | **figure** |  |  | speech |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication 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 {#o1}

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Ma vourneen, my dear little goose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = Ma vourneen, my dear little goose
1	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	vourneen	vourneen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Irish phrase for dear heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = The Irish phrase for dear heart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mo chroí-dear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = Mo chroí-dear
1	Mo	Mo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	chroí	chroí	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Ma vourneen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1999-pg7885-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = Ma vourneen
1	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	vourneen	vourneen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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