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description: Which tale character, when the doorkeeper reports to the king, is described as having a green wand of holly? Exam question 1 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangi…

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Which tale character, when the doorkeeper reports to the king, is described as having a green wand of holly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doorkeeper · **What happens:** report, describe, have · **To what, where:** tale character, green wand

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2006 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lank Grey Beggarman: tricks, hangings and a returned wife» 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/2006-pg7885-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e1:1
# text = Which tale character, when the doorkeeper reports to the king, is described as having a green wand of holly?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	holly	holly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | the doorkeeper |  |  |  |  | to the king | vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **describe** | present · passive |  | tale character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | gerund |  | a green wand of holly |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=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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The steward who guards the gate of O'Donnell's hall and sends word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = The steward who guards the gate of O'Donnell's hall and sends word
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
12	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | present | the steward | the gate of O'Donnell's hall |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **send** | present | the steward | word |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall with a three-stringed harp and a cloak of rags

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall with a three-stringed harp and a cloak of rags
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	lank	lank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beggarman	beggarman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	stringed	stringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | the lank grey beggarman | himself *= he* |  | O'Donnell's hall |  | with a stringed harp and a cloak of rags | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient with harp=Theme |

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

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The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = The lank grey beggarman, who presents himself at O'Donnell's hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	lank	lank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beggarman	beggarman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present | the lank grey beggarman | himself *= he* |  | O'Donnell's hall |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The hound that chases the hare up the silk thread at O'Donnell's feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2006-pg7885-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = The hound that chases the hare up the silk thread at O'Donnell's feast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chases	chase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	O'Donnell	O'Donnell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present | the hound | the hare |  | O'Donnell's feast |  | up the silk thread | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hare=Theme up thread=Trajectory |

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