--- title: What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by… — Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts,… · tree and pragmatics description: What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by the king? Exam question 4 of lesson 1286 «Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a hungry couple is given a palace, then loses it by lifting a lid» 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/1286-pg3454-part11/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/) / [Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1286-pg3454-part11/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a… What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by the king? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king, their · **What happens:** become, discover, disobey · **To what, where:** disobedience This is exam question 4 of lesson 1286 «Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts, A Lost Paradise: a hungry couple is given a palace, then loses it by lifting a lid» 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/1286-pg3454-part11/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1286-pg3454-part11:e4:1 # text = What became of the couple after their disobedience was discovered by the king? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 disobedience disobedience NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | | | | | | of the couple | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **discover** | past · passive | the king | their disobedience | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 3 | **disobey** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom disobedience «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They were returned to their hut under guard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1286-pg3454-part11:e4:o1:1 # text = They were returned to their hut under guard 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past · passive | | They | | guard | | to their hut | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were sent back to their hut ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1286-pg3454-part11:e4:o2:1 # text = They were sent back to their hut 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hut hut NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send back** | past · passive | | They | | their hut | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Sent home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1286-pg3454-part11:e4:o3:1 # text = Sent home 1 Sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | participle | | | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were locked in the palace cellar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1286-pg3454-part11:e4:o4:1 # text = They were locked in the palace cellar 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cellar cellar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past · passive | | They | | the palace cellar | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | **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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