--- title: What is the precise reward which the raven requests from Ian upon th… — West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the precise reward which the raven requests from Ian upon the completion of his undertaking? Exam question 4 of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1141-pg3027-part7/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/) / [West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1141-pg3027-part7/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou… What is the precise reward which the raven requests from Ian upon the completion of his undertaking? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** raven · **What happens:** be, request, complete, undertake · **To what, where:** precise reward, Ian, undertaking This is exam question 4 of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant» 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/1141-pg3027-part7/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e4:1 # text = What is the precise reward which the raven requests from Ian upon the completion of his undertaking? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 requests request VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 completion completion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 undertaking undertaking NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the precise reward | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **request** | present | the raven | the precise reward | | Ian | | upon the completion of raven's undertaking | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 3 | **complete** | | | raven's undertaking | | | | | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **undertake** | | raven | | | | | | nom undertaking «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A piece of tobacco ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e4:o1:1 # text = A piece of tobacco 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 tobacco tobacco NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A cup of wine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e4:o2:1 # text = A cup of wine 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tobacco ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e4:o3:1 # text = Tobacco 1 Tobacco tobacco NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A piece of bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e4:o4:1 # text = A piece of bread 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 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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