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title: Which object did Seven Inches give the youngest prince to summon his… — Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Seven Inches give the youngest prince to summon his assistance? Exam question 1 of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…

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Which object did Seven Inches give the youngest prince to summon his assistance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Seven Inches · **What happens:** do, give, summon, assist · **To what, where:** youngest prince, assistance

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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/1293-pg3454-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:e1:1
# text = Which object did Seven Inches give the youngest prince to summon his assistance?
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	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | Seven Inches | the youngest prince |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme |
| 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | Seven Inches *not said here* | object's assistance |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Recipient |
| 4 | **assist** |  | object |  |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = A box
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A snuff-box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = A snuff-box
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = A ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	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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A brass bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1293-pg3454-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = A brass bell
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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