--- title: Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the… — Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the widowed countess before he resumed his enterprise. Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/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/) / [Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1326-pg3454-part51/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, The Lady of the Fountain, part 51: Owen is hea… Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the widowed countess before he resumed his enterprise. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Owen · **What happens:** identify, remain, widow, resume · **To what, where:** period, castle, enterprise This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e4:1 # text = Identify the period during which Owen remained in the castle of the widowed countess before he resumed his enterprise. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 during during ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 widowed widow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 resumed resume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 enterprise enterprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the period | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent period=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | past | Owen | | | the castle of the widowed countess | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | | 3 | **widow** | participle | | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **resume** | past | Owen | Owen's enterprise | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enterprise=Eventuality | 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 {#o1} A period of three months spent recovering in the castle before resuming his quest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e4:o1:1 # text = A period of three months spent recovering in the castle before resuming his quest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 recovering recover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 resuming resume VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | a period of three months | | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **recover** | gerund | a period of three months *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **resume** | gerund | a period of three months *not said here* | period's quest | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quest=Eventuality | | 4 | **quest** | | period | | | | | | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} A period of three months during which he was tended by the countess's maidens and her physicians ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e4:o2:1 # text = A period of three months during which he was tended by the countess's maidens and her physicians 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 during during ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 tended tend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tend** | past · passive | the countess's maidens and her physicians | a period of three months | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A period of four months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e4:o3:1 # text = A period of four months 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A period of three months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1326-pg3454-part51:e4:o4:1 # text = A period of three months 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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