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title: Which of the following is the price Mongan accepts from the King of… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the price Mongan accepts from the King of Leinster for Duv Laca? Exam question 1 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

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Which of the following is the price Mongan accepts from the King of Leinster for Duv Laca?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, accept

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for 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/1071-pg2892-part39/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the price Mongan accepts from the King of Leinster for Duv Laca?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	accepts	accept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Leinster	Leinster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Duv	Duv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	Laca	Laca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the price | tree rules |
| 3 | **accept** | present |  |  |  |  |  | from the King of Leinster; for Duv | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from king=Source |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a silver chariot with twelve red-eared white cows and calves from the king's herd

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e1:o1:1
# text = a silver chariot with twelve red-eared white cows and calves from the king's herd
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	eared	ear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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twenty brown horses and foals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e1:o2:1
# text = twenty brown horses and foals
1	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fifty red-eared white cows and calves, with a golden torc

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e1:o3:1
# text = fifty red-eared white cows and calves, with a golden torc
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eared	ear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	torc	torc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fifty red-eared white cows and calves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e1:o4:1
# text = fifty red-eared white cows and calves
1	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eared	ear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	calves	calf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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