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title: Which object did the hero employ to avoid direct sight of the Terrib… — Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the hero employ to avoid direct sight of the Terrible Head during his approach? Exam question 1 of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wick…

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Which object did the hero employ to avoid direct sight of the Terrible Head during his approach?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, avoid, sight, approach · **To what, where:** hero employ, direct sight, Terrible Head

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1458 «Blue Fairy Book, Perseus: the Terrible Head turns the wicked King to stone» 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/1458-pg503-part45/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e1:1
# text = Which object did the hero employ to avoid direct sight of the Terrible Head during his approach?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the hero employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | direct sight of the Terrible Head |  |  | during object's approach |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent sight=Location |
| 3 | **sight** |  |  | the Terrible Head |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **approach** |  | object |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=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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The Cap of Darkness, worn tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e1:o1:1
# text = The Cap of Darkness, worn tight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | participle |  | the Cap of Darkness *not said here* |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His polished shield, used as a mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e1:o2:1
# text = His polished shield, used as a mirror
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | His polished shield *not said here* |  |  |  | as a mirror | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His bronze sword, held before him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e1:o3:1
# text = His bronze sword, held before him
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bronze	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle · passive |  | His bronze sword |  |  | before him *= he* |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme before he=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The winged Shoes that carried him swiftly past the cliffs and kept his eyes shut tight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1458-pg503-part45:e1:o4:1
# text = The winged Shoes that carried him swiftly past the cliffs and kept his eyes shut tight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	Shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carry** | past | the winged Shoes | him *= he* |  |  |  | past the cliffs; swiftly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | past | the winged Shoes | his eyes |  |  |  | shut, tight *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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