--- title: Which person is described as having been struck down upon the stairc… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Set… · tree and pragmatics description: Which person is described as having been struck down upon the staircase of the belfry by the youth? Exam question 3 of lesson 1434 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was, part 21: the youth warms seven dead men and hangs them back up» of the books course of Mova's primary --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1434-pg503-part21/e3/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Set…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1434-pg503-part21/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Set Out to Learn What F… Which person is described as having been struck down upon the staircase of the belfry by the youth? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** describe, strike down · **To what, where:** person, staircase This is exam question 3 of lesson 1434 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was, part 21: the youth warms seven dead men and hangs them back up» 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/1434-pg503-part21/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1434-pg503-part21:e3:1 # text = Which person is described as having been struck down upon the staircase of the belfry by the youth? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 staircase staircase NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 belfry belfry NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which person | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **strike down** | gerund · perfect · passive | the youth | | | the staircase of the belfry | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon staircase=Location | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The sexton ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1434-pg503-part21:e3:o1:1 # text = The sexton 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sexton sexton NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The sexton's wife who lived in the house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1434-pg503-part21:e3:o2:1 # text = The sexton's wife who lived in the house 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sexton sexton NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the sexton's wife | | | the house | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The old sexton who ran the village church ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1434-pg503-part21:e3:o3:1 # text = The old sexton who ran the village church 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sexton sexton NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the old sexton | the village church | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme church=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} The mayor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1434-pg503-part21:e3:o4:1 # text = The mayor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mayor mayor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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