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description: With reference to the passage, what was the consequence for those captured by the Knight of the Glen? Exam question 4 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 4 · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

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With reference to the passage, what was the consequence for those captured by the Knight of the Glen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passage · **What happens:** be, capture · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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/1516-pg540-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e4:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what was the consequence for those captured by the Knight of the Glen?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	10	nmod	_	_
13	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Glen	Glen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the passage and the consequence | the consequence |  |  |  | for those | tree rules |
| 2 | **capture** | participle |  | the consequence *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Knight of the Glen | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were sent to a cold dungeon in chains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = They were sent to a cold dungeon in chains
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | They |  | chains |  | to a cold dungeon | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to dungeon=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in a red hot fiery furnace | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace that burned all night long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = They were boiled in a red-hot fiery furnace that burned all night long
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | in a red hot fiery furnace | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient in furnace=Instrument |
| 2 | **burn** | past | a red hot fiery furnace |  |  |  | night | long *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were hanged from the walls at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1516-pg540-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = They were hanged from the walls at dawn
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hanged	hange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hange** | past · passive |  | They |  | the walls | dawn |  | tree rules |

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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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