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title: Of what office did the Lord of Dunlavin appoint Jack upon the conclu… — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber… · tree and pragmatics
description: Of what office did the Lord of Dunlavin appoint Jack upon the conclusion of the episode? Exam question 3 of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t…

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Of what office did the Lord of Dunlavin appoint Jack upon the conclusion of the episode?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lord · **What happens:** appoint, conclude · **To what, where:** Jack, episode

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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/2003-pg7885-part22/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e3:1
# text = Of what office did the Lord of Dunlavin appoint Jack upon the conclusion of the episode?
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obl	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Dunlavin	Dunlavin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	appoint	appoint	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | past · do-support | the Lord of Dunlavin | Jack |  |  |  | upon the conclusion of the episode | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the episode |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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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Steward of the household and keeper of the castle gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e3:o1:1
# text = Steward of the household and keeper of the castle gate
1	Steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	keeper	keeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Steward of the entire household and all the lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e3:o2:1
# text = Steward of the entire household and all the lands
1	Steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Steward of the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e3:o3:1
# text = Steward of the household
1	Steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Steward of the stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e3:o4:1
# text = Steward of the stables
1	Steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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