--- title: Which phrase best describes the Barmecide's hospitality to Schacabac? — Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase best describes the Barmecide's hospitality to Schacabac? Exam question 1 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/356-pg18442-part16/e1/) [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/) / [Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/356-pg18442-part16/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k… Which phrase best describes the Barmecide's hospitality to Schacabac? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** hospitality This is exam question 1 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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/356-pg18442-part16/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e1:1 # text = Which phrase best describes the Barmecide's hospitality to Schacabac? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Barmecide Barmecide PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 hospitality hospitality NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Schacabac Schacabac PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the Barmecide's hospitality | | | | to Schacabac; well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent hospitality=Theme to schacabac=be' | 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} A lavish banquet of very real dishes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e1:o1:1 # text = A lavish banquet of very real dishes 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lavish lavish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A pretended feast of imaginary dishes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e1:o2:1 # text = A pretended feast of imaginary dishes 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 pretended pretend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 imaginary imaginary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pretend** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Empty bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e1:o3:1 # text = Empty bread 1 Empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A plain meal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e1:o4:1 # text = A plain meal 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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