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title: Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among… — Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among the riders of the chief court. Exam question 3 of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight…

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Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among the riders of the chief court.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Janet · **What happens:** identify, recognise · **To what, where:** specific sign, lover

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 259 «Scottish Fairy Tales, Tamlane: Burd Janet wins her knight back from Elfland» 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/259-pg14241-part26/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e3:1
# text = Identify the specific sign by which Janet recognised her lover among the riders of the chief court.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	Janet	Janet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	among	among	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the specific sign |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 2 | **recognise** | past | Janet | Janet's lover |  |  |  | by the specific sign; among the riders of the chief court | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lover=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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The red plume on his helm and the mark upon his shield of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = The red plume on his helm and the mark upon his shield of gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	plume	plume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	helm	helm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The silver brooch pinned to his breast and the tall black horse he rode, with its mane plaited with rowan and gold thread from the Elfin hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = The silver brooch pinned to his breast and the tall black horse he rode, with its mane plaited with rowan and gold thread from the Elfin hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brooch	brooch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
4	pinned	pin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	breast	breast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	mane	mane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	plaited	plait	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	rowan	rowan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Elfin	Elfin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pin** | participle |  | the silver brooch and the tall black horse *not said here* |  |  |  | to his breast | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to breast=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **ride** | past | the silver brooch and the tall black horse |  |  | the Elfin hall |  | with breast's mane | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from hall=Trajectory |
| 3 | **plait** | participle |  | breast's mane *not said here* |  |  |  | with rowan and gold thread | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The silver helm and the ring he wore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = The silver helm and the ring he wore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	helm	helm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the silver helm and the ring |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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

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The gloved right hand and the bare left hand of the knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:259-pg14241-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = The gloved right hand and the bare left hand of the knight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	gloved	glove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glove** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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