--- title: What was the function of the dog Schippeitaro within the sequence of… — pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a b… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the function of the dog Schippeitaro within the sequence of events? Exam question 3 of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1756-pg641-part7/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/) / [pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1756-pg641-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m… What was the function of the dog Schippeitaro within the sequence of events? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** function This is exam question 3 of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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/1756-pg641-part7/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1756-pg641-part7:e3:1 # text = What was the function of the dog Schippeitaro within the sequence of events? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 Schippeitaro Schippeitaro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 9 within within ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the function | | | | of the dog; within the sequence of events | tree rules | 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} He guided the youth along the forest paths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1756-pg641-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = He guided the youth along the forest paths 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 guided guide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 along along ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 paths path NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guide** | past | He | the youth | | the forest paths | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent youth=Theme along path=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He bit the monster and enabled the maiden's release ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1756-pg641-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = He bit the monster and enabled the maiden's release 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bit bite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bite** | past | He | the monster | | | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monster=Patient | | 2 | **enable** | past | He *not said here* | the maiden's release | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He barked the cats into fleeing before dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1756-pg641-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = He barked the cats into fleeing before dawn 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fleeing fleeing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | He | the cats | | fleeing | dawn | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cat=Topic into fleeing=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He carried the youth's supplies up the mountain ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1756-pg641-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = He carried the youth's supplies up the mountain 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 supplies supplies NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 2 obj _ _ 7 up up ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | He | the youth's supplies | | | | up the mountain | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supplies=Theme | **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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