--- title: Which instrument did the councillors employ to determine the identit… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which instrument did the councillors employ to determine the identity of the bride? Exam question 1 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1116-pg29672-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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1116-pg29672-part22/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fit… Which instrument did the councillors employ to determine the identity of the bride? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instrument, councillors · **What happens:** do, employ, determine · **To what, where:** identity This is exam question 1 of lesson 1116 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Iron Wolf, part 22: a slipper fits, a servant makes a deal and runs from a wolf» 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/1116-pg29672-part22/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e1:1 # text = Which instrument did the councillors employ to determine the identity of the bride? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instrument instrument 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 5 det _ _ 5 councillors councillor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 employ employ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which instrument | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **employ** | present | the councillors | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **determine** | to-infinitive | the councillors *not said here* | the identity of the bride | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | 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 ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e1:o1:1 # text = a ring 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the golden slippers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e1:o2:1 # text = the golden slippers 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 slippers slipper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e1:o3:1 # text = the shoes 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the embroidered sash ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1116-pg29672-part22:e1:o4:1 # text = the embroidered sash 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 sash sash NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embroider** | participle | | | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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