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title: What reward did the king bestow upon Conall for his service? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reward did the king bestow upon Conall for his service? Exam question 3 of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary,…

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What reward did the king bestow upon Conall for his service?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** be, bestow, service

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1991 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary, part 1: Conall ends his tale, and two greedy farmers kill a poor man's cow» 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/1991-pg7885-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e3:1
# text = What reward did the king bestow upon Conall for his service?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	reward	reward	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | past · do-support | the king |  |  |  |  | upon Conall; for king's service | tree rules |
| 3 | **service** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act 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 {#o1}

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He rewarded Conall with a cow and a small bag of coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = He rewarded Conall with a cow and a small bag of coins
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | past | He |  | Conall |  |  | with a cow and a small bag of coins | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent conall=Recipient with cow=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A brown horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = A brown horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He gave to Conall a grey horse and a sack of silver coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = He gave to Conall a grey horse and a sack of silver coins
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | a grey horse and a sack of silver coins | Conall |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to conall=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He bestowed upon Conall the brown horse and a sack of treasure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1991-pg7885-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = He bestowed upon Conall the brown horse and a sack of treasure
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Conall	Conall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past | He | the brown horse and a sack of treasure |  |  |  | upon Conall | 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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