--- title: Describe the object which the giant required Ian Direach to obtain b… — Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the object which the giant required Ian Direach to obtain before the falcon could be released. Exam question 3 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1145-pg3027-part11/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/) / [Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Bl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1145-pg3027-part11/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11:… Describe the object which the giant required Ian Direach to obtain before the falcon could be released. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, giant · **What happens:** describe, require, obtain, release · **To what, where:** object, falcon This is exam question 3 of lesson 1145 «Fairy Book, How Ian Direach Got the Blue Falcon, part 11: the fox tricks the wolf, and Ian gets a hard task» 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/1145-pg3027-part11/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e3:1 # text = Describe the object which the giant required Ian Direach to obtain before the falcon could be released. 1 Describe describe 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 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 required require VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **require** | past | the giant | the object | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive | the giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **release** | could · passive | | the falcon | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | 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} A golden cage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e3:o1:1 # text = A golden cage 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The White Sword of Light ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e3:o2:1 # text = The White Sword of Light 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The blue falcon's nest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e3:o3:1 # text = The blue falcon's nest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A boat of silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1145-pg3027-part11:e3:o4:1 # text = A boat of silver 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 silver silver 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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