--- title: What number of livestock did the faithful retainer incinerate in sub… — Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What number of livestock did the faithful retainer incinerate in substitution for the princes? Exam question 2 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/e2/) [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/) / [Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1666-pg5615-part55/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le… What number of livestock did the faithful retainer incinerate in substitution for the princes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** number, faithful retainer · **What happens:** do, incinerate · **To what, where:** substitution This is exam question 2 of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» 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/1666-pg5615-part55/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e2:1 # text = What number of livestock did the faithful retainer incinerate in substitution for the princes? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 livestock livestock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 retainer retainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 incinerate incinerate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 substitution substitution NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | number of livestock | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **incinerate** | present | the faithful retainer | | | substitution | | for the princes | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Three pigs and a cow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e2:o1:1 # text = Three pigs and a cow 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two goats and one kid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e2:o2:1 # text = Two goats and one kid 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One sheep and two lambs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e2:o3:1 # text = One sheep and two lambs 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One lamb ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:e2:o4:1 # text = One lamb 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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