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description: Which of the following constitutes the principal accomplishment of the youth mounted upon the black horse? Exam question 1 of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins t…

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Which of the following constitutes the principal accomplishment of the youth mounted upon the black horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, mount, accomplish · **To what, where:** principal accomplishment, youth

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2008 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Herd Boy, part 27: the herd wins the princess by untying the heads, then is taken to the loch» 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/2008-pg7885-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e1:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the principal accomplishment of the youth mounted upon the black horse?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	accomplishment	accomplishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	mounted	mount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **constitute** | present |  | the principal accomplishment of the youth |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme accomplishment=Pivot |
| 3 | **mount** | participle |  | the youth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **accomplish** |  |  | the youth |  |  |  |  | nom accomplishment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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the severance of the three heads of the beast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = the severance of the three heads of the beast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	severance	severance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** |  |  | the three heads of the beast |  |  |  |  | nom severance «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the rescue of the princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = the rescue of the princess
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** |  |  | the princess |  |  |  |  | nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the binding of the three heads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = the binding of the three heads
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	binding	binding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the slaying of the beast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2008-pg7885-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = the slaying of the beast
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slaying	slaying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** |  |  | the beast |  |  |  |  | nom slaying «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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