--- title: Which weapon did the woodman raise in order to protect the Musician… — Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Which weapon did the woodman raise in order to protect the Musician from the beasts? Exam question 2 of lesson 1583 «Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician's last trick, then Sigurd's birth and Regin's tale of the gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1583-pg540-part80/e2/) [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/) / [Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1583-pg540-part80/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician… Which weapon did the woodman raise in order to protect the Musician from the beasts? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** weapon · **What happens:** do, protect · **To what, where:** woodman raise, Musician This is exam question 2 of lesson 1583 «Red Fairy Book, The Story of Sigurd, part 80: the Musician's last trick, then Sigurd's birth and Regin's tale of the gold» 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/1583-pg540-part80/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e2:1 # text = Which weapon did the woodman raise in order to protect the Musician from the beasts? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 weapon weapon 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 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 raise raise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 10 mark _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 fixed _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Musician musician NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which weapon | the woodman raise | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raise=Eventuality | | 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | which weapon *not said here* | the Musician | | | | from the beasts | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent musician=Beneficiary from beast=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the glittering axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e2:o1:1 # text = the glittering axe 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 glittering glittering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the sharp glittering hatchet from his belt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e2:o2:1 # text = the sharp glittering hatchet from his belt 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 glittering glittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 hatchet hatchet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 belt belt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the iron spear ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e2:o3:1 # text = the iron spear 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the wooden club ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1583-pg540-part80:e2:o4:1 # text = the wooden club 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 club club 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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