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title: Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon t… — The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon the head. Exam question 4 of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part…

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Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon the head.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Makoma · **What happens:** identify, employ, strike · **To what, where:** object, giant

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1135 «The Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Hero Makoma, part 1: a strong boy beats crocodiles and a giant» 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/1135-pg3027-part1/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:e4:1
# text = Identify the object which Makoma employed to strike the giant upon the head.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	Makoma	Makoma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | past | Makoma | the object |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **strike** | to-infinitive | Makoma *not said here* | the giant |  |  |  | upon the head | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient |

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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}

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The sharp iron knife named Nu-endo which he kept hidden in his belt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:e4:o1:1
# text = The sharp iron knife named Nu-endo which he kept hidden in his belt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
6	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
12	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
13	in	in	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	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **keep** | past | he | the sharp iron knife and named Nu endo |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **hide** | participle |  | the sharp iron knife and named Nu endo *not said here* |  | his belt |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in belt=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The iron hammer named Nu-endo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:e4:o2:1
# text = The iron hammer named Nu-endo
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
4	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | the iron hammer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The heavy iron hammer named Nu-endo that his mother had given him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:e4:o3:1
# text = The heavy iron hammer named Nu-endo that his mother had given him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hammer	hammer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
6	Nu	Nu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	endo	endo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | his mother | him *= he* |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The old club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1135-pg3027-part1:e4:o4:1
# text = The old club
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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