--- title: Which creature did the wolverine first request to repair his torn ga… — Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature did the wolverine first request to repair his torn garment? Exam question 3 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/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/) / [Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1226-pg3282-part27/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri… Which creature did the wolverine first request to repair his torn garment? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** do, repair, tear · **To what, where:** wolverine first request, torn garment This is exam question 3 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» 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/1226-pg3282-part27/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e3:1 # text = Which creature did the wolverine first request to repair his torn garment? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature 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 7 det _ _ 5 wolverine wolverine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which creature | the wolverine first request | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality | | 2 | **repair** | to-infinitive | which creature *not said here* | creature's torn garment | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent garment=Patient | | 3 | **tear** | participle | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1} His brother ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e3:o1:1 # text = His brother 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e3:o2:1 # text = The mouse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The sister the owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e3:o3:1 # text = The sister the owl 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} His sister the frog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e3:o4:1 # text = His sister the frog 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` 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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