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title: What attribute of the cow did the physician prescribe for the restor… — Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: What attribute of the cow did the physician prescribe for the restoration of the king? Exam question 4 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 4 · Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hai…

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What attribute of the cow did the physician prescribe for the restoration of the king?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** attribute · **What happens:** prescribe

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1068 «Gods and Fighting Men, The Story of Mongan, part 36: a hailstorm sends Mongan into Faery, where a feast and a tale begin» 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/1068-pg2892-part36/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e4:1
# text = What attribute of the cow did the physician prescribe for the restoration of the king?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	restoration	restoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prescribe** | past · do-support | what attribute of the cow |  |  |  |  | for the restoration of the king | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A brown cow with black ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e4:o1:1
# text = A brown cow with black ears
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A perfectly white cow with red ears and a black tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e4:o2:1
# text = A perfectly white cow with red ears and a black tail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A perfectly red calf with white spots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e4:o3:1
# text = A perfectly red calf with white spots
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A perfectly white cow with red ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1068-pg2892-part36:e4:o4:1
# text = A perfectly white cow with red ears
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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