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title: Which of the following was the korigan's principal weapon as describ… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was the korigan's principal weapon as described in the passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik s…

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Which of the following was the korigan's principal weapon as described in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, describe · **To what, where:** principal weapon, passage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1319 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Peronnik the Fool, part 44: Peronnik snares the korigan and rides off» 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/1319-pg3454-part44/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:e2:1
# text = Which of the following was the korigan's principal weapon as described in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	korigan	korigan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weapon	weapon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the korigan's principal weapon | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the korigan's principal weapon *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 long burning sword forged in the fires of the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:e2:o1:1
# text = a long burning sword forged in the fires of the wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	forged	forge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:agent	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forge** | participle |  | a long burning sword *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fire** |  |  | the wood |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sword of flame that glows red in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:e2:o2:1
# text = a sword of flame that glows red in the dark
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | a sword of flame |  |  | the dark |  | red *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dark=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a silver dagger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:e2:o3:1
# text = a silver dagger
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dagger	dagger	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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a fiery sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1319-pg3454-part44:e2:o4:1
# text = a fiery sword
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sword	sword	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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