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title: Which creatures were sent, according to Dapplegrim, to hinder the yo… — Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creatures were sent, according to Dapplegrim, to hinder the youth's journey through the forest? Exam question 4 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» of the books course of
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58…

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Which creatures were sent, according to Dapplegrim, to hinder the youth's journey through the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** send, accord, hinder, journey · **To what, where:** creatures, journey, forest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1561 «Norse Tales, East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, part 58: Dapplegrim climbs the cliff and rescues the Princess, then the King sets new tasks» 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/1561-pg540-part58/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e4:1
# text = Which creatures were sent, according to Dapplegrim, to hinder the youth's journey through the forest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	Dapplegrim	Dapplegrim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	hinder	hinder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | which creatures |  |  |  | accord Dapplegrim | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hinder** | to-infinitive |  | the youth's journey |  | the forest |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer journey=Eventuality |
| 4 | **journey** |  | the youth |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 wolves and the trolls of the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e4:o1:1
# text = the wolves and the trolls of the hill
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trolls	troll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the crows and the wild boars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e4:o2:1
# text = the crows and the wild boars
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boars	boar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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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 wild birds and the wild beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e4:o3:1
# text = the wild birds and the wild beasts
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the wild beasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1561-pg540-part58:e4:o4:1
# text = the wild beasts
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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