--- title: Which precise objects did the king offer the shepherd in exchange fo… — Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shephe… · tree and pragmatics description: Which precise objects did the king offer the shepherd in exchange for the customary toast? Exam question 2 of lesson 666 «Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shepherd: the king's toast and the wedding feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/666-pg2435-part6/e2/) [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/) / [Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shephe…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/666-pg2435-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shepherd: the king's toast… Which precise objects did the king offer the shepherd in exchange for the customary toast? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precise objects · **What happens:** offer · **To what, where:** shepherd, exchange This is exam question 2 of lesson 666 «Russian Tales, The Staring-Eyed Shepherd: the king's toast and the wedding feast» 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/666-pg2435-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:666-pg2435-part6:e2:1 # text = Which precise objects did the king offer the shepherd in exchange for the customary toast? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 2 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 objects object NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 customary customary NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 toast toast NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past · do-support | precise objects | the shepherd | | exchange for the customary toast | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent which=Goal shepherd=Theme | 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} the silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and the royal forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:666-pg2435-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = the silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and the royal forest 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and half of the royal treasury ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:666-pg2435-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = the silver wood, the golden castle, the diamond pond and half of the royal treasury 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the silver wood, the golden castle and the diamond pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:666-pg2435-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = the silver wood, the golden castle and the diamond pond 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a silver forest, a golden tower and an emerald pond ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:666-pg2435-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = a silver forest, a golden tower and an emerald pond 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 emerald emerald NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 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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