--- title: Which character in the narrative is correctly identified as the one… — More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character in the narrative is correctly identified as the one who transmits the advice of the snuff-box spirit to the prince before his departure? Exam question 3 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1294-pg3454-part19/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/) / [More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1294-pg3454-part19/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part… Which character in the narrative is correctly identified as the one who transmits the advice of the snuff-box spirit to the prince before his departure? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one, his · **What happens:** identify, transmit, depart · **To what, where:** character, advice This is exam question 3 of lesson 1294 «More Celtic Fairy Tales, The Story of a Very Bad Boy, part 1: Toueno-Boueno catches a wolf by the tail and sells it as a ram, and the wolf ruins the brothers' sheep» 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/1294-pg3454-part19/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e3:1 # text = Which character in the narrative is correctly identified as the one who transmits the advice of the snuff-box spirit to the prince before his departure? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 identified identify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 transmits transmit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 18 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | present · passive | | which character in the narrative | | | | as the one; correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as one=Attribute | | 2 | **transmit** | present | the one | the advice of the box spirit to the prince | | | before his departure | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} The little spirit who lives in the snuff-box at the forge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e3:o1:1 # text = The little spirit who lives in the snuff-box at the forge 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 snuff snuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 forge forge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the little spirit | | | the snuff box | | at the forge | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in box=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} The elder prince ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e3:o2:1 # text = The elder prince 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Seven Inches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e3:o3:1 # text = Seven Inches 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 Inches inch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The smith's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1294-pg3454-part19:e3:o4:1 # text = The smith's son 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son 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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