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description: Which ruse did Luned employ in order to obtain a champion for the countess? Exam question 4 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats…

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Which ruse did Luned employ in order to obtain a champion for the countess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ruse · **What happens:** employ, obtain · **To what, where:** champion

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1325 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 50: Owen beats the black knight and gets trapped in a drawbridge» 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/1325-pg3454-part50/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e4:1
# text = Which ruse did Luned employ in order to obtain a champion for the countess?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	ruse	ruse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Luned	Luned	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	fixed	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	champion	champion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past · do-support | which ruse |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | which ruse *not said here* | a champion |  |  |  | for the countess | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent champion=Theme for countess=Asset |

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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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She pretended to visit the chapel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e4:o1:1
# text = She pretended to visit the chapel
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chapel	chapel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **visit** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the chapel |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chapel=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She feigned a journey to Arthur's court and hid in the woods for hours

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e4:o2:1
# text = She feigned a journey to Arthur's court and hid in the woods for hours
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feigned	feign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | past | She | a journey |  |  |  | to Arthur's court | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient |
| 2 | **hide** | past | She *not said here* |  |  | the woods | hour |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She pretended a stay at the abbey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e4:o3:1
# text = She pretended a stay at the abbey
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stay	stay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	abbey	abbey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | past | She | a stay |  | the abbey |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She feigned a journey to Arthur's court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1325-pg3454-part50:e4:o4:1
# text = She feigned a journey to Arthur's court
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feigned	feign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | past | She | a journey |  |  |  | to Arthur's court | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Patient |

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