--- title: Which of the following accurately identifies the individual who was… — World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Wa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately identifies the individual who was the eldest son of the poor knight? Exam question 1 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» of the books course of Mova's pri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1219-pg3282-part20/e1/) [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/) / [World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Wa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1219-pg3282-part20/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:… Which of the following accurately identifies the individual who was the eldest son of the poor knight? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** individual · **What happens:** follow, identify, be · **To what, where:** individual, eldest son This is exam question 1 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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/1219-pg3282-part20/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e1:1 # text = Which of the following accurately identifies the individual who was the eldest son of the poor knight? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 identifies identify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 individual individual NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **identify** | present | | the individual | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | the individual | the eldest son | | | | of the poor knight | tree rules | 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} Ivo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e1:o1:1 # text = Ivo 1 Ivo Ivo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the eldest son of the neighbouring knight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e1:o2:1 # text = the eldest son of the neighbouring knight 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 neighbouring neighbouring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Rosald ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e1:o3:1 # text = Rosald 1 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Geirald ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e1:o4:1 # text = Geirald 1 Geirald Geirald PROPN NNP 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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