--- title: Which gift did the knight first request from the monarch as recompen… — Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma… · tree and pragmatics description: Which gift did the knight first request from the monarch as recompense for his assistance? Exam question 1 of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/682-pg2435-part22/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/) / [Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/682-pg2435-part22/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a b… Which gift did the knight first request from the monarch as recompense for his assistance? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gift · **What happens:** do, assist · **To what, where:** knight first request, monarch This is exam question 1 of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» 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/682-pg2435-part22/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e1:1 # text = Which gift did the knight first request from the monarch as recompense for his assistance? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 recompense recompense NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which gift | the knight first request | | the monarch as recompense | | for gift's assistance | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality | | 2 | **assist** | | gift | | | | | | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=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} The royal nose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e1:o1:1 # text = The royal nose 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The monarch's crown ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e1:o2:1 # text = The monarch's crown 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crown** | | the monarch | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The monarch's ear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e1:o3:1 # text = The monarch's ear 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The king's gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e1:o4:1 # text = The king's gold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 gold gold 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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