--- title: Within what period was the young man required by the emperor to deli… — Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Within what period was the young man required by the emperor to deliver the three horses? Exam question 1 of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1784-pg641-part35/e1/) [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/) / [Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1784-pg641-part35/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wi… Within what period was the young man required by the emperor to deliver the three horses? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, require, deliver · **To what, where:** young man, three horses This is exam question 1 of lesson 1784 «Gutenberg 641, The Enchanted Knife: a youth tames three wild horses and wins the princess with a magic knife.» 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/1784-pg641-part35/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e1:1 # text = Within what period was the young man required by the emperor to deliver the three horses? 1 Within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:agent _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the young man | | | | within period | tree rules | | 2 | **require** | participle | | the young man *not said here* | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | | the three horses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | 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} Within twelve days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e1:o1:1 # text = Within twelve days 1 Within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Within a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e1:o2:1 # text = Within a week 1 Within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} After eight days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e1:o3:1 # text = After eight days 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Within eight days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1784-pg641-part35:e1:o4:1 # text = Within eight days 1 Within within ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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