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title: Which object did Bellah give Houarn to protect him from the enchantm… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Bellah give Houarn to protect him from the enchantments of wizards? Exam question 1 of lesson 1330 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 55: Houarn leaves Bellah and is lured to the Groac'h's shell palace» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 5…

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Which object did Bellah give Houarn to protect him from the enchantments of wizards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** give, protect, enchant · **To what, where:** Houarn, Bellah, wizards

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1330 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Groac'h of the Isle of Lok, part 55: Houarn leaves Bellah and is lured to the Groac'h's shell palace» 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/1330-pg3454-part55/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:e1:1
# text = Which object did Bellah give Houarn to protect him from the enchantments of wizards?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Bellah	Bellah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Houarn	houarn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	wizards	wizard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | which object | Houarn |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent houarn=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* |  | Bellah |  |  | from the enchantments of wizards | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary from enchantment=Theme |
| 3 | **enchant** |  |  | wizards |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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the enchanted knife with silver edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:e1:o1:1
# text = the enchanted knife with silver edge
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:e1:o2:1
# text = bell
1	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:e1:o3:1
# text = the knife
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	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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the sharp silver knife he kept in his belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1330-pg3454-part55:e1:o4:1
# text = the sharp silver knife he kept in his belt
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the sharp silver knife |  |  | his belt |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in belt=Location |

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