--- title: Identify the object the smith was instructed to drive into the horse… — Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the object the smith was instructed to drive into the horse's mouth. Exam question 3 of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1650-pg5615-part39/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/) / [Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1650-pg5615-part39/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a ho… Identify the object the smith was instructed to drive into the horse's mouth. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, object · **What happens:** identify, instruct, drive · **To what, where:** object, smith, mouth This is exam question 3 of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» 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/1650-pg5615-part39/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e3:1 # text = Identify the object the smith was instructed to drive into the horse's mouth. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 instructed instruct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past · passive | the object *not said here* | the smith | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **drive** | to-infinitive | the object *not said here* | | | the horse's mouth | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into mouth=Trajectory | 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} A hot metal bar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e3:o1:1 # text = A hot metal bar 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A cold iron rod ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e3:o2:1 # text = A cold iron rod 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A nail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e3:o3:1 # text = A nail 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A red-hot nail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1650-pg5615-part39:e3:o4:1 # text = A red-hot nail 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 nail nail 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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