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title: Which creature confronted the dwarf upon the common and struck him d… — Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature confronted the dwarf upon the common and struck him down? Exam question 4 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

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Which creature confronted the dwarf upon the common and struck him down?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** confront, strike down · **To what, where:** dwarf, creature

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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/126-pg11027-part29/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e4:1
# text = Which creature confronted the dwarf upon the common and struck him down?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	confronted	confront	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	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confront** | past | which creature | the dwarf |  |  |  | upon the common | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme |
| 2 | **strike down** | past | which creature *not said here* | creature |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A hungry red fox

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = A hungry red fox
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A huge black bear that had been living in the woods for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = A huge black bear that had been living in the woods for years
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux	_	_
8	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect · progressive | a huge black bear |  |  | the woods | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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

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A big black bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = A big black bear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The enormous black bear with the shaggy coat and sharp claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:126-pg11027-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = The enormous black bear with the shaggy coat and sharp claws
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shaggy	shaggy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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