--- title: Which object did Tuan employ in order to perceive the alteration of… — Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did Tuan employ in order to perceive the alteration of his own appearance? Exam question 3 of lesson 1034 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely years, a plague, and a stag» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1034-pg2892-part2/e3/) [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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1034-pg2892-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely… Which object did Tuan employ in order to perceive the alteration of his own appearance? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** employ, perceive, alter · **To what, where:** order, alteration, own appearance This is exam question 3 of lesson 1034 «Irish Fairy Tales, Tuan mac Cairill, part 2: Tuan's lonely years, a plague, and a stag» 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/1034-pg2892-part2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e3:1 # text = Which object did Tuan employ in order to perceive the alteration of his own appearance? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Tuan Tuan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 employ employ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 alteration alteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | past · do-support | which object | | | order | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **perceive** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the alteration of Tuan's own appearance | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer alteration=Stimulus | | 3 | **alter** | | | Tuan's own appearance | | | | | nom alteration «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 cup of cold ale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = a cup of cold ale 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ale ale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = a stream 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a pool ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = a pool 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a pool of chill water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1034-pg2892-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = a pool of chill water 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 chill chill NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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