--- title: By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he… — Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he sat upon his throne? Exam question 4 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/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/) / [Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli… By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he sat upon his throne? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** term, you · **What happens:** do, describe, sit · **To what, where:** narrator, judgement, throne This is exam question 4 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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/634-pg23661-part2/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e4:1 # text = By what term did the narrator describe the King's judgement once he sat upon his throne? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 judgement judgement NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 once once SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | term | the narrator | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Eventuality | | 2 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the King's judgement | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent judgement=Theme | | 3 | **sit** | past | term | | | term's throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location | 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} Infallible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e4:o1:1 # text = Infallible 1 Infallible infallible NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Wise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e4:o2:1 # text = Wise 1 Wise wise ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Just ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e4:o3:1 # text = Just 1 Just just ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Unquestionably correct and never ever mistaken in any judgement ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e4:o4:1 # text = Unquestionably correct and never ever mistaken in any judgement 1 Unquestionably unquestionably ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 6 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 judgement judgement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` 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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