--- title: In the passage, what shape do the two combatants assume when they "m… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics description: In the passage, what shape do the two combatants assume when they "met and crashed and sunk into" one another? Exam question 1 of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of Duv Laca» of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1067-pg2892-part35/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/) / [Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1067-pg2892-part35/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the story… In the passage, what shape do the two combatants assume when they "met and crashed and sunk into" one another? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shape, two combatants, combatants · **What happens:** do, assume, meet, crash, sink · **To what, where:** passage · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 1067 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 35: the storyteller Cairide tells his tale to the abbot, while the Flame Lady grows jealous of 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1067-pg2892-part35/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:e1:1 # text = In the passage, what shape do the two combatants assume when they "met and crashed and sunk into" one another? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 combatants combatant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 assume assume VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 crashed crash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 sunk sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 obl _ _ 23 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what shape | | | the passage | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **assume** | present | the two combatants | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **meet** *in a quote* | past | combatants *= combatant* | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **crash** *in a quote* | past | combatants *= combatant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **sink** *in a quote* | past | combatants *= combatant* *not said here* | | | | | into one | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} two great billows of the deep, green-ridged and white-topped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:e1:o1:1 # text = two great billows of the deep, green-ridged and white-topped 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 billows billow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ridged ridge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 topped top VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ridge** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **top** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} two great rocks, moss-covered and grey-topped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:e1:o2:1 # text = two great rocks, moss-covered and grey-topped 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 moss moss NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 topped top VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | participle | | two great rocks *not said here* | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **top** | participle | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} two waves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:e1:o3:1 # text = two waves 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} two dark storms at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1067-pg2892-part35:e1:o4:1 # text = two dark storms at sea 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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