--- title: In what respect did the lodging prepared by Thasus ultimately benefi… — Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,… · tree and pragmatics description: In what respect did the lodging prepared by Thasus ultimately benefit persons other than Europa? Exam question 4 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays… In what respect did the lodging prepared by Thasus ultimately benefit persons other than Europa? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lodging · **What happens:** do, prepare, benefit · **To what, where:** respect, lodging, persons This is exam question 4 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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/2057-pg976-part16/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e4:1 # text = In what respect did the lodging prepared by Thasus ultimately benefit persons other than Europa? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Thasus Thasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 ultimately ultimately ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 benefit benefit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 14 than than ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | what respect | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **prepare** | participle | | the lodging *not said here* | | | | by Thasus | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **benefit** | present | the lodging | | persons | | | ultimately *property* | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer person=Beneficiary | 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} Poor travelers profited from the food and lodging provided ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e4:o1:1 # text = Poor travelers profited from the food and lodging provided 1 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 travelers traveler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 profited profit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **profit** | past | Poor travelers | | | the food and lodging | | | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Beneficiary from food=Causer | | 2 | **provide** | participle | | the food and lodging *not said here* | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ### Option 2 {#o2} The villagers paid well for the lodging offered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e4:o2:1 # text = The villagers paid well for the lodging offered 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | the villagers | | | | | for the lodging; well *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for lodging=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | participle | | the lodging *not said here* | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Merchants paid him for the food and lodging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e4:o3:1 # text = Merchants paid him for the food and lodging 1 Merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | Merchants | him *= he* | | | | for the food and lodging | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thasus himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e4:o4:1 # text = Thasus himself 1 Thasus Thasus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 1 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` 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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