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title: What precisely did the hostess conspire with the monk to effect? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What precisely did the hostess conspire with the monk to effect? Exam question 2 of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty…

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What precisely did the hostess conspire with the monk to effect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hostess · **What happens:** conspire

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» 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/2016-pg7885-part35/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e2:1
# text = What precisely did the hostess conspire with the monk to effect?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hostess	hostess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	conspire	conspire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conspire** | past · do-support | the hostess |  |  |  |  | with the monk; precisely *property* | tree rules |

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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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the murder of her husband in his bed while he slept by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e2:o1:1
# text = the murder of her husband in his bed while he slept by the fire
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | the murder of murder's husband in husband's bed |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **murder** |  |  | murder's husband in husband's bed |  |  |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the murder of her husband and the merchants in their beds that very night at the inn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e2:o2:1
# text = the murder of her husband and the merchants in their beds that very night at the inn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **night** |  | merchants's beds |  |  | the inn |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **murder** |  |  | her husband |  | merchants's beds |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient in=place |

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

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the murder of her husband in his bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e2:o3:1
# text = the murder of her husband in his bed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** |  |  | her husband |  | husband's bed |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to kill the merchants in their sleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e2:o4:1
# text = to kill the merchants in their sleep
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	kill	kill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | to-infinitive |  | the merchants |  | merchants's sleep |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** |  | merchants *= merchant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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