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# Exam question 4 · Mabinogion, Manawyddan son of Llyr, part 58: Manawyddan ca…

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By whom, according to the bishop's own account, was the charm upon the lands cast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bishop · **What happens:** accord, be, cast, account · **To what, where:** charm, lands

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e4:1
# text = By whom, according to the bishop's own account, was the charm upon the lands cast?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the charm |  |  |  | upon the lands | tree rules |
| 3 | **cast** | participle |  | the lands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **account** |  | the bishop |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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By the bishop himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e4:o1:1
# text = By the bishop himself
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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By the bishop himself, in his own household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e4:o2:1
# text = By the bishop himself, in his own household
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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By a jealous old witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e4:o3:1
# text = By a jealous old witch
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By a wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1333-pg3454-part58:e4:o4:1
# text = By a wizard
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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