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title: What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the fla… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fe… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the flail from the stone steps? Exam question 3 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

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What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the flail from the stone steps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, attempt, seize · **To what, where:** outcome, flail

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e3:1
# text = What was the outcome for Redhead after he attempted to seize the flail from the stone steps?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Redhead	redhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | for Redhead | tree rules |
| 2 | **attempt** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **seize** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the flail |  |  |  | from the stone steps | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent flail=Theme from step=Source |

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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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he wept and hid under the stone steps until morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e3:o1:1
# text = he wept and hid under the stone steps until morning
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	steps	step	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hide** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the stone |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under stone=Location |
| 3 | **step** | present |  |  |  |  | morning |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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he roared and danced in pain until Tom eased his hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e3:o2:1
# text = he roared and danced in pain until Tom eased his hands
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eased	ease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **dance** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | pain |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location |
| 3 | **ease** | past | Tom | Tom's hands |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he roared and danced in pain until Tom finally eased his hands, but his hands stayed blistered for a month afterwards

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e3:o3:1
# text = he roared and danced in pain until Tom finally eased his hands, but his hands stayed blistered for a month afterwards
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roared	roar	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	danced	dance	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	eased	ease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	blistered	blister	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roar** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **dance** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | pain |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pain=Location |
| 3 | **ease** | past | Tom | Tom's hands |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 4 | **blister** | past · passive |  | Tom's hands |  |  | month | afterwards *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he laughed and clapped for joy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e3:o4:1
# text = he laughed and clapped for joy
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clap** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for joy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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