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title: Which of the following substances is the diamond lance capable of se… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerg… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following substances is the diamond lance capable of severing? Exam question 3 of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the st…

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Which of the following substances is the diamond lance capable of severing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** following · **What happens:** follow, be, sever · **To what, where:** substances

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1318 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Castle of Kerglas, part 43: the stones crush the sorcerer, and Peronnik hears of the magic basin» 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/1318-pg3454-part43/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:e3:1
# text = Which of the following substances is the diamond lance capable of severing?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	diamond	diamond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
10	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	severing	sever	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | substances |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | following |  |  |  |  | of the diamond lance | tree rules |
| 3 | **sever** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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any stone or metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:e3:o1:1
# text = any stone or metal
1	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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silk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:e3:o2:1
# text = silk
1	silk	silk	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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wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:e3:o3:1
# text = wood
1	wood	wood	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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thick oak and wool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1318-pg3454-part43:e3:o4:1
# text = thick oak and wool
1	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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