--- title: Which term denotes the High King of Ireland, as employed in the pass… — Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Be… · tree and pragmatics description: Which term denotes the High King of Ireland, as employed in the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1053-pg2892-part21/e4/) [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/) / [Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1053-pg2892-part21/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an… Which term denotes the High King of Ireland, as employed in the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** denote, employ · **To what, where:** High King, passage This is exam question 4 of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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/1053-pg2892-part21/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e4:1 # text = Which term denotes the High King of Ireland, as employed in the passage? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | which term | the High King of Ireland | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot king=Topic | | 2 | **employ** | participle | | | | the passage | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} The High King of Ireland, at Tara ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e4:o1:1 # text = The High King of Ireland, at Tara 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Tanaiste ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e4:o2:1 # text = Tanaiste 1 Tanaiste Tanaiste PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Supreme monarch of the whole island ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e4:o3:1 # text = Supreme monarch of the whole island 1 Supreme supreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ard-Ri ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1053-pg2892-part21:e4:o4:1 # text = Ard-Ri 1 Ard Ard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Ri Ri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` 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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