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title: Which creature did the maiden identify as the old man's grandmother,… — fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature did the maiden identify as the old man's grandmother, and what was its chief characteristic? Exam question 2 of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 2 · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t…

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Which creature did the maiden identify as the old man's grandmother, and what was its chief characteristic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** maiden identify, chief characteristic

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» 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/1764-pg641-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:e2:1
# text = Which creature did the maiden identify as the old man's grandmother, and what was its chief characteristic?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	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	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	identify	identify	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which creature | the maiden identify |  |  |  | as the old man's grandmother | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identify=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | creature's chief characteristic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The white horse, which was always hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = The white horse, which was always hungry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the white horse |  |  |  |  | always, hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The white mare, always lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = The white mare, always lazy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The grey horse, always thirsty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = The grey horse, always thirsty
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 black cow, always calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1764-pg641-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = The black cow, always calm
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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