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title: Which of the following was the honour conferred upon Richard Whittin… — English Fairy Tales, Whittington and H… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the honour conferred upon Richard Whittington by Henry V? Exam question 2 of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi…

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Which of the following was the honour conferred upon Richard Whittington by Henry V?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be, confer · **To what, where:** honour

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» 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/1969-pg7439-part28/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e2:1
# text = Which of the following was the honour conferred upon Richard Whittington by Henry V?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Richard	Richard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl:agent	_	_
11	Whittington	Whittington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the honour | tree rules |
| 3 | **confer** | participle |  | the honour *not said here* |  |  |  | by Henry V | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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knighthood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e2:o1:1
# text = knighthood
1	knighthood	knighthood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the title of Sheriff of London and a grant of land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e2:o2:1
# text = the title of Sheriff of London and a grant of land
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sheriff	Sheriff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	grant	grant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **title** |  |  | Sheriff of London |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **grant** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom grant «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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knighthood and a seat in parliament

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e2:o3:1
# text = knighthood and a seat in parliament
1	knighthood	knighthood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	parliament	parliament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a baronetcy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e2:o4:1
# text = a baronetcy
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baronetcy	baronetcy	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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