--- title: Which of the following accurately records the marriage portion broug… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of My… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately records the marriage portion brought by the lake-maiden to her husband? Exam question 4 of lesson 1993 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maiden leaves after three blows» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1993-pg7885-part12/e4/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of My…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1993-pg7885-part12/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maid… Which of the following accurately records the marriage portion brought by the lake-maiden to her husband? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, record, bring · **To what, where:** marriage portion This is exam question 4 of lesson 1993 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shepherd of Myddvai: the lake-maiden leaves after three blows» 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/1993-pg7885-part12/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1993-pg7885-part12:e4:1 # text = Which of the following accurately records the marriage portion brought by the lake-maiden to her husband? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 records record VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **record** | present | | the marriage portion | | | | accurately *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | participle | | the marriage portion *not said here* | | | | by the lake maiden to her husband | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Three cows, two oxen, and a bull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1993-pg7885-part12:e4:o1:1 # text = Three cows, two oxen, and a bull 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Three goats, two sheep, and a bull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1993-pg7885-part12:e4:o2:1 # text = Three goats, two sheep, and a bull 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two cows, three oxen, and a horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1993-pg7885-part12:e4:o3:1 # text = Two cows, three oxen, and a horse 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two oxen and a bull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1993-pg7885-part12:e4:o4:1 # text = Two oxen and a bull 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 oxen ox 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 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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