--- title: Which of the two gifts did the wife consent to receive from the snak… — Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the two gifts did the wife consent to receive from the snakes? Exam question 4 of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/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/) / [Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1311-pg3454-part36/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes… Which of the two gifts did the wife consent to receive from the snakes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two gifts · **What happens:** do, receive · **To what, where:** wife consent This is exam question 4 of lesson 1311 «Swaheli Tales, The Ring and the Casket, part 2: the snakes' gifts, a palace built in a moment, and the king's visit» 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/1311-pg3454-part36/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e4:1 # text = Which of the two gifts did the wife consent to receive from the snakes? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the two gifts | the wife consent | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive | the two gifts *not said here* | the wife consent *not said here* | | | | from the snakes | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from snake=Source | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The ring and the casket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e4:o1:1 # text = The ring and the casket 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The casket ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e4:o2:1 # text = The casket 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 casket casket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The gold and the fan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e4:o3:1 # text = The gold and the fan 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The cup and the mirror ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1311-pg3454-part36:e4:o4:1 # text = The cup and the mirror 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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