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title: Which creature piloted the vessel that conveyed Manus to Lochlann? — West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature piloted the vessel that conveyed Manus to Lochlann? Exam question 3 of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 3 · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr…

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Which creature piloted the vessel that conveyed Manus to Lochlann?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature, vessel · **What happens:** pilot, convey · **To what, where:** vessel, Manus, Lochlann

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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/1160-pg3027-part26/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e3:1
# text = Which creature piloted the vessel that conveyed Manus to Lochlann?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	piloted	pilot	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	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	Manus	Manus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Lochlann	Lochlann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pilot** | past | which creature | the vessel |  |  |  |  | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **convey** | past | the vessel | Manus | Lochlann |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent manus=Topic to lochlann=Recipient |

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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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A young lion cub disguised as a ship's pilot from the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = A young lion cub disguised as a ship's pilot from the north
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	pilot	pilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  | a young lion cub *not said here* |  | the north |  | as a ship's pilot | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The brown dog in disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = The brown dog in disguise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The lion cub in disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = The lion cub in disguise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The lion cub, disguised as a young sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1160-pg3027-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = The lion cub, disguised as a young sailor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cub	cub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  | the lion cub *not said here* |  |  |  | as a young sailor | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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