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title: With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for… — Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola,… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for his surprise at seeing a woman in a chariot. Exam question 2 of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…

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With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for his surprise at seeing a woman in a chariot.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, king · **What happens:** identify, give, see, surprise · **To what, where:** reason, woman, chariot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry him» 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/1051-pg2892-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1051-pg2892-part19:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, identify the reason the king gave for his surprise at seeing a woman in a chariot.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | the king | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for king's surprise | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for surprise=Asset |
| 3 | **see** | gerund | the king *not said here* | a woman |  | a chariot |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus |
| 4 | **surprise** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Women stay near the hearth and avoid riding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1051-pg2892-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = Women stay near the hearth and avoid riding
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Women |  |  | the hearth |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near hearth=Location |
| 2 | **avoid** | infinitive | Women *not said here* | riding |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent riding=Location |

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

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Women are home-dwellers who seldom drive two horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1051-pg2892-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = Women are home-dwellers who seldom drive two horses
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	home	home	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dwellers	dweller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Women | home dwellers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | present | home dwellers | two horses |  |  |  | seldom *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Women rarely ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1051-pg2892-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = Women rarely ride
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Women |  |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Women are weak and seldom drive chariots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1051-pg2892-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = Women are weak and seldom drive chariots
1	Women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Women |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** | present | Women *not said here* | chariots |  |  |  | seldom *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme chariot=Trajectory |

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**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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