--- title: To which person did the High King assign the seat at his right hand? — Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F… · tree and pragmatics description: To which person did the High King assign the seat at his right hand? Exam question 1 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1043-pg2892-part11/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defen… To which person did the High King assign the seat at his right hand? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** High King assign, right hand This is exam question 1 of lesson 1043 «Fionn Tales, Fionn at Tara, part 11: Fionn offers to defend Tara against Aillen» 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/1043-pg2892-part11/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e1:1 # text = To which person did the High King assign the seat at his right hand? 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 assign assign NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which person | the High King assign | | person's right hand | | | tree rules | 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} Art, the son of the High King, who was next in line ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e1:o1:1 # text = Art, the son of the High King, who was next in line 1 Art Art PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the son of the High King | | | line | | next *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Conn's son, the young prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e1:o2:1 # text = Conn's son, the young prince 1 Conn Conn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The seat went to Goll, the champion of the Fianna, whose fame was known to all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e1:o3:1 # text = The seat went to Goll, the champion of the Fianna, whose fame was known to all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Goll Goll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the seat | | | Goll | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to goll=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **know** | past · passive | | fame | | | | to all | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Art, the son of the High King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1043-pg2892-part11:e1:o4:1 # text = Art, the son of the High King 1 Art Art PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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