--- title: Which object did the king of Erin entrust to Ian Direach as the rewa… — Popular Tales of the West Highlands, I… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the king of Erin entrust to Ian Direach as the reward for his faithful service? Exam question 2 of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/e2/) [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/) / [Popular Tales of the West Highlands, I…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1146-pg3027-part12/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12:… Which object did the king of Erin entrust to Ian Direach as the reward for his faithful service? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, king · **What happens:** do, entrust, service · **To what, where:** Ian This is exam question 2 of lesson 1146 «Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Ian Direach, part 12: the fox sails Ian to Erin and France, and the princess is tricked aboard» 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/1146-pg3027-part12/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:e2:1 # text = Which object did the king of Erin entrust to Ian Direach as the reward for his faithful service? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 entrust entrust VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | | | | | as the reward; for king's faithful service | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **entrust** | present | the king of Erin | | Ian | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ian=Recipient | | 3 | **service** | | king | | | | | | nom service «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 {#o1} The white stag ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:e2:o1:1 # text = The white stag 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stag stag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The bay colt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:e2:o2:1 # text = The bay colt 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bay bay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The grey mare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:e2:o3:1 # text = The grey mare 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A gold cup ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1146-pg3027-part12:e2:o4:1 # text = A gold cup 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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