--- title: Which of the creatures did Charming preserve by severing the cords o… — Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the creatures did Charming preserve by severing the cords of a net? Exam question 3 of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1459-pg503-part46/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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1459-pg503-part46/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming… Which of the creatures did Charming preserve by severing the cords of a net? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Charming · **What happens:** preserve, sever · **To what, where:** cords This is exam question 3 of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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/1459-pg503-part46/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:e3:1 # text = Which of the creatures did Charming preserve by severing the cords of a net? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 preserve preserve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 severing sever VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | past · do-support | Charming | | | | | of the creatures | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary | | 2 | **sever** | gerund | Charming *not said here* | the cords of a net | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme | 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} The eagle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:e3:o1:1 # text = The eagle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The owl, which had been trapped in a net by bird-catchers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:e3:o2:1 # text = The owl, which had been trapped in a net by bird-catchers 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owl owl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 trapped trap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 catchers catcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | past · perfect · passive | bird catchers | the owl | | a net | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in net=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The raven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:e3:o3:1 # text = The raven 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The owl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1459-pg503-part46:e3:o4:1 # text = The owl 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 owl owl 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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