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description: Which group of men did Owen first encounter upon emerging from his period of solitude, and what was their stated objective? Exam question 1 of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea…

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Which group of men did Owen first encounter upon emerging from his period of solitude, and what was their stated objective?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Owen first encounter · **What happens:** emerge, state, be · **To what, where:** period, stated objective

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1326 «Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is healed by a widowed countess and rides out to fight the earl who wants her lands» 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/1326-pg3454-part51/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e1:1
# text = Which group of men did Owen first encounter upon emerging from his period of solitude, and what was their stated objective?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	Owen	Owen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	emerging	emerge	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	solitude	solitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	objective	objective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emerge** | gerund | Owen first encounter and encounter's stated objective *not said here* |  |  | group's period of solitude |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from period=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | Owen first encounter and encounter's stated objective | encounter's stated objective |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The earl and his host, whose object was the abduction of the countess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e1:o1:1
# text = The earl and his host, whose object was the abduction of the countess
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earl	earl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	abduction	abduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the earl and his host | the abduction |  |  |  | of the countess | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A band of thieves seeking gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e1:o2:1
# text = A band of thieves seeking gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | gerund | thieves *not said here* | gold |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The earl and his host, whose aim was to win her favour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e1:o3:1
# text = The earl and his host, whose aim was to win her favour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earl	earl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | the earl and his host and his host and aim's aim |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | the earl and his host and his host and aim's aim *not said here* | her favour |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Eventuality |
| 3 | **aim** |  | his host and his host and aim's aim |  |  |  |  |  | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **favour** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom favour «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The king's guards and their aim

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e1:o4:1
# text = The king's guards and their aim
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aim	aim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **aim** |  | guards *= guard* |  |  |  |  |  | nom aim «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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