--- title: What sum did the bishop first propose in exchange for the release of… — Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What sum did the bishop first propose in exchange for the release of the creature? Exam question 3 of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/e3/) [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, Manawyddan son of Llyr, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1333-pg3454-part58/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca… What sum did the bishop first propose in exchange for the release of the creature? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum, bishop · **What happens:** do, propose · **To what, where:** bishop, exchange This is exam question 3 of lesson 1333 «Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan catches a mouse that eats his wheat, and a bishop reveals the mice are his enemy's wife» 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/1333-pg3454-part58/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e3:1 # text = What sum did the bishop first propose in exchange for the release of the creature? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what sum | the bishop | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bishop=Eventuality | | 2 | **propose** | infinitive | the bishop *not said here* | | | exchange for the release of the creature | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 {#o1} Three pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e3:o1:1 # text = Three pounds 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Twenty-four pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e3:o2:1 # text = Twenty-four pounds 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fourteen pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e3:o3:1 # text = Fourteen pounds 1 Fourteen fourteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Twenty-four pounds and six fine horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e3:o4:1 # text = Twenty-four pounds and six fine horses 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 7 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 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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