--- title: Which object did the hyaenas use to strike the lion's skin when they… — Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the hyaenas use to strike the lion's skin when they discovered the deception? Exam question 4 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1670-pg5615-part59/e4/) [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/) / [Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1670-pg5615-part59/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the h… Which object did the hyaenas use to strike the lion's skin when they discovered the deception? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, hyaenas · **What happens:** do, use, strike, discover · **To what, where:** skin, deception This is exam question 4 of lesson 1670 «Old Calabash, The Little Hare and Big Lion, part 59: the hare tricks the lion, then the hyaenas» 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/1670-pg5615-part59/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e4:1 # text = Which object did the hyaenas use to strike the lion's skin when they discovered the deception? 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 5 det _ _ 5 hyaenas hyaena NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 strike strike VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 deception deception NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | present | the hyaenas | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **strike** | to-infinitive | the hyaenas *not said here* | the lion's skin | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Patient | | 4 | **discover** | past | hyaenas *= hyaena* | the deception | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deception=Topic | 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 large rock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e4:o1:1 # text = A large rock 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ash ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e4:o2:1 # text = Ash 1 Ash ash NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e4:o3:1 # text = A stone 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Dirt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1670-pg5615-part59:e4:o4:1 # text = Dirt 1 Dirt dirt 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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