--- title: Which weapon did the Prince employ to sever the six heads of the Dra… — Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which weapon did the Prince employ to sever the six heads of the Dragon? Exam question 1 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1123-pg29672-part29/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 Folk-Tales, The Prince and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1123-pg29672-part29/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon,… Which weapon did the Prince employ to sever the six heads of the Dragon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** weapon · **What happens:** do, sever · **To what, where:** Prince employ, six heads This is exam question 1 of lesson 1123 «Russian Folk-Tales, The Prince and the Six-Headed Dragon, the Prince slays it but the coachman steals the glory» 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/1123-pg29672-part29/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e1:1 # text = Which weapon did the Prince employ to sever the six heads of the Dragon? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 weapon weapon 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 6 det _ _ 5 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 sever sever VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which weapon | the Prince employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 2 | **sever** | to-infinitive | which weapon *not said here* | the six heads of the Dragon | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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} a long sword of two fathoms ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e1:o1:1 # text = a long sword of two fathoms 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 fathoms fathom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a short blade ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e1:o2:1 # text = a short blade 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 blade blade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a broadsword of one fathom in length ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e1:o3:1 # text = a broadsword of one fathom in length 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 broadsword broadsword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 fathom fathom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} an iron sword of great length ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1123-pg29672-part29:e1:o4:1 # text = an iron sword of great length 1 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 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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