--- title: Which action by Moti caused his pony to bolt? — Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to… · tree and pragmatics description: Which action by Moti caused his pony to bolt? Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/e2/) [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/) / [Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1301-pg3454-part26/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Orange Fairy Book, Moti: Moti rides to war on a wobbly pon… Which action by Moti caused his pony to bolt? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Moti · **What happens:** cause, bolt, act · **To what, where:** pony This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e2:1 # text = Which action by Moti caused his pony to bolt? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 bolt bolt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | which action by Moti | action's pony | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition pony=Patient | | 2 | **bolt** | to-infinitive | which action by Moti *not said here* | action's pony *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **act** | | Moti | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: by=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} Striking it firmly across the back with his wooden staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e2:o1:1 # text = Striking it firmly across the back with his wooden staff 1 Striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 across across ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | gerund | | it | | the back | | with his wooden staff; firmly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pulling hard on the reins ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e2:o2:1 # text = Pulling hard on the reins 1 Pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 reins rein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | gerund | | | | | | on the reins; hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rein=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Striking it forcefully with his staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e2:o3:1 # text = Striking it forcefully with his staff 1 Striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 forcefully forcefully ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | gerund | | it | | | | with his staff; forcefully *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Shouting at it and then striking it hard with his heavy staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1301-pg3454-part26:e2:o4:1 # text = Shouting at it and then striking it hard with his heavy staff 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | it | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | | it | | | then | with his heavy staff; hard *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with staff=Instrument | **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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