--- title: What was the outcome of the ship sent by the wife of Oireal? — West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the outcome of the ship sent by the wife of Oireal? Exam question 2 of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1160-pg3027-part26/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/) / [West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1160-pg3027-part26/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr… What was the outcome of the ship sent by the wife of Oireal? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, send · **To what, where:** outcome, ship This is exam question 2 of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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/1160-pg3027-part26/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e2:1 # text = What was the outcome of the ship sent by the wife of Oireal? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Oireal Oireal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the outcome | | | | of the ship | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | participle | | the ship *not said here* | | | | by the wife of Oireal | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The fog frustrated its purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e2:o1:1 # text = The fog frustrated its purpose 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 frustrated frustrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frustrate** | past | the fog | fog's purpose | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus purpose=Experiencer | | 2 | **purpose** | | fog | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The fog stopped the ship from reaching the island at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e2:o2:1 # text = The fog stopped the ship from reaching the island at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stopped stop 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 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the fog | the ship | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality ship=Eventuality | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | the fog *not said here* | the island | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent island=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fog blocked its path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e2:o3:1 # text = The fog blocked its path 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 blocked block VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **block** | past | the fog | fog's path | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer path=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The ship was stopped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e2:o4:1 # text = The ship was stopped 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past · passive | | the ship | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | **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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