--- title: Which action did Mongan perform to transform the hag into the young… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action did Mongan perform to transform the hag into the young woman Ivell? Exam question 1 of lesson 1075 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the Hag of the Mill, part 43: Mongan turns the hag into a lovely girl and tricks Branduv into swapping wives» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1075-pg2892-part43/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/) / [Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1075-pg2892-part43/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the Hag of the Mill, par… Which action did Mongan perform to transform the hag into the young woman Ivell? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, transform · **To what, where:** hag This is exam question 1 of lesson 1075 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan and the Hag of the Mill, part 43: Mongan turns the hag into a lovely girl and tricks Branduv into swapping wives» 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/1075-pg2892-part43/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1075-pg2892-part43:e1:1 # text = Which action did Mongan perform to transform the hag into the young woman Ivell? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Mongan Mongan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 perform perform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 transform transform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 14 Ivell Ivell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **transform** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the hag | | | | into the young woman *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent hag=Patient into woman=Result | 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 {#o1} he touched her with his finger and sang ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1075-pg2892-part43:e1:o1:1 # text = he touched her with his finger and sang 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | with his finger | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer with finger=Instrument | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} he spoke a charm over her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1075-pg2892-part43:e1:o2:1 # text = he spoke a charm over her 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | he | a charm | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he touched her with his finger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1075-pg2892-part43:e1:o3:1 # text = he touched her with his finger 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past | he | her *= she* | | | | with his finger | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer with finger=Instrument | ### Option 4 {#o4} he gave her his golden ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1075-pg2892-part43:e1:o4:1 # text = he gave her his golden ring 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | he | his golden ring | her *= she* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient ring=Theme | **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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