--- title: Which qualities did the companions attribute to Cadmus, fitting him… — A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which qualities did the companions attribute to Cadmus, fitting him to govern? Exam question 4 of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/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/) / [A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2059-pg976-part18/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows… Which qualities did the companions attribute to Cadmus, fitting him to govern? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** qualities · **What happens:** do, fit, govern · **To what, where:** companions attribute, Cadmus This is exam question 4 of lesson 2059 «A Wonder-Book, The Dragon's Teeth, part 18: Cadmus follows a brindled cow until it lies down and he chooses a home» 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/2059-pg976-part18/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:e4:1 # text = Which qualities did the companions attribute to Cadmus, fitting him to govern? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 compound _ _ 6 attribute attribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Cadmus Cadmus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fitting fit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 govern govern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which qualities | the companions attribute | | | | to Cadmus | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribute=Eventuality | | 2 | **fit** | gerund | which qualities *not said here* | Cadmus | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **govern** | to-infinitive | which qualities *not said here* | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: 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 {#o1} royal blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:e4:o1:1 # text = royal blood 1 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} wisdom and strength ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:e4:o2:1 # text = wisdom and strength 1 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a noble name and kind words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:e4:o3:1 # text = a noble name and kind words 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the royal blood and heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2059-pg976-part18:e4:o4:1 # text = the royal blood and heart 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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