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# Exam question 3 · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

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In the context of the passage, what does the term "tourney" most appropriately signify?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passage, most · **What happens:** do, signify · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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/1220-pg3282-part21/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e3:1
# text = In the context of the passage, what does the term "tourney" most appropriately signify?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	context	context	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tourney	tourney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	17	nsubj	_	_
16	appropriately	appropriately	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	signify	signify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the passage | the term |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Eventuality |
| 2 | **signify** | infinitive | most | the term *not said here* |  |  |  | appropriately *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot term=Theme |

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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}

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A royal court where knights swore their oaths to the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e3:o1:1
# text = A royal court where knights swore their oaths to the king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	oaths	oath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | a royal court | knights's oaths |  |  |  | to the king | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A contest in which knights rode against one another on horseback

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e3:o2:1
# text = A contest in which knights rode against one another on horseback
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	fixed	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | a contest |  |  | horseback |  | against one | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A jousting match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e3:o3:1
# text = A jousting match
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	jousting	jousting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A feast in which knights gathered to eat and drink together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e3:o4:1
# text = A feast in which knights gathered to eat and drink together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | a feast |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a feast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **drink** | infinitive | a feast *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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