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description: Pursuant to the narrative, state which object the Groac'h employed to secure the fish, and indicate the material of which it was constructed. Exam question 1 of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the 
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

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Pursuant to the narrative, state which object the Groac'h employed to secure the fish, and indicate the material of which it was constructed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Groac'h · **What happens:** employ, secure, indicate, construct · **To what, where:** fish, material, Groac'h

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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/1331-pg3454-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1331-pg3454-part56:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, state which object the Groac'h employed to secure the fish, and indicate the material of which it was constructed.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Groac'h	Groac'h	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | past | the Groac'h |  |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | the Groac'h *not said here* | the fish |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fish=Theme |
| 3 | **indicate** | infinitive | the Groac'h *not said here* | the material |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot material=Topic |
| 4 | **construct** | past · passive |  | Groac'h |  |  |  | of the material | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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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A net of steel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1331-pg3454-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = A net of steel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sieve of brass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1331-pg3454-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = A sieve of brass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sieve	sieve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fine net woven from strands of steel wire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1331-pg3454-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = A fine net woven from strands of steel wire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	strands	strand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  | a fine net *not said here* |  | strands of steel wire |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from strand=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A large net constructed entirely from woven silver and steel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1331-pg3454-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = A large net constructed entirely from woven silver and steel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | participle |  | a large net *not said here* |  | woven silver and steel |  | entirely *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from silver=Material |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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