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title: Which implement did Moti carry as his sole means of defence when pro… — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which implement did Moti carry as his sole means of defence when proceeding to battle? Exam question 1 of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 1 · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon…

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Which implement did Moti carry as his sole means of defence when proceeding to battle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** implement, sole · **What happens:** carry, mean, proceed, battle

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1301 «Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pony and frightens a king into surrender.» 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/1301-pg3454-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e1:1
# text = Which implement did Moti carry as his sole means of defence when proceeding to battle?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	defence	defence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	proceeding	proceed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	battle	battle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · do-support | which implement |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | Moti's sole |  |  |  |  | of defence | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **proceed** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **battle** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = A spear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spear	spear	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 short bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = A short bow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bow	bow	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 sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26: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	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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His staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = His staff
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	staff	staff	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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