--- title: Which object did the king employ to pierce the Gruagach's mole? — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the king employ to pierce the Gruagach's mole? Exam question 1 of lesson 1290 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king reaches his wife, but the giant's soul stays hidden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1290-pg3454-part15/e1/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1290-pg3454-part15/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king re… Which object did the king employ to pierce the Gruagach's mole? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, pierce · **To what, where:** king employ, mole This is exam question 1 of lesson 1290 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Giant's Soul, part 15: the king reaches his wife, but the giant's soul stays hidden» 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/1290-pg3454-part15/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:e1:1 # text = Which object did the king employ to pierce the Gruagach's mole? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 6 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 pierce pierce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the king employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 2 | **pierce** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the Gruagach's mole | | | | | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the sword bearing a knob ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:e1:o1:1 # text = the sword bearing a knob 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 knob knob NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | gerund | the sword *not said here* | a knob | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knob=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} the spear bearing a point ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:e1:o2:1 # text = the spear bearing a point 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | gerund | the spear *not said here* | a point | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:e1:o3:1 # text = a sword 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1290-pg3454-part15:e1:o4:1 # text = a knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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