Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

Which of the following is the price Mongan accepts from the King of Leinster for Duv Laca?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be, accept

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 accepts	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	7 price	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 price	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 price	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 price	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 price	det
7	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accepts	obl
8	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 accepts	nsubj
9	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 King	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 accepts	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Leinster	case
14	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 King	nmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 Duv	case
16	Duv	Duv	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 accepts	obl
17	Laca	Laca	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Duv	flat
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 accepts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	of the price	tree rules
3	accept	present	from the King of Leinster; for Duv	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from king=Source

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

Option 1

a silver chariot with twelve red-eared white cows and calves from the king's herd

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 chariot	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chariot	amod
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	10 cows	case
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 cows	nummod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eared	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct
8	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cows	amod
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cows	amod
10	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chariot	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 calves	cc
12	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cows	conj
13	from	from	ADP	_	17 herd	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 herd	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 king	case
17	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cows	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ear	participle							tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

twenty brown horses and foals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 horses	nummod
2	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 horses	amod
3	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 foals	cc
5	foals	foal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 horses	conj

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

Option 3

fifty red-eared white cows and calves, with a golden torc

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cows	nummod
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eared	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 red	punct
4	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cows	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cows	amod
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 calves	cc
8	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cows	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 torc	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 torc	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 torc	det
12	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 torc	amod
13	torc	torc	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ear	participle							tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

fifty red-eared white cows and calves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 cows	nummod
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eared	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 red	punct
4	eared	ear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 cows	amod
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cows	amod
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 calves	cc
8	calves	calf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ear	participle							tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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