--- title: Identify the instrument with which the protagonist enlarged the aper… — Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hasse… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the instrument with which the protagonist enlarged the aperture in the pit wall. Exam question 1 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1796-pg641-part47/e1/) [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/) / [Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hasse…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1796-pg641-part47/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in… Identify the instrument with which the protagonist enlarged the aperture in the pit wall. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, protagonist · **What happens:** identify, enlarge · **To what, where:** instrument, aperture, pit wall This is exam question 1 of lesson 1796 «Eastern tales, Hassebu, part 47: Hassebu is left to die in a honey pit, escapes through a scorpion's hole, and is caught at the baths» 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/1796-pg641-part47/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e1:1 # text = Identify the instrument with which the protagonist enlarged the aperture in the pit wall. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 enlarged enlarge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 aperture aperture NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 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 instrument | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme | | 2 | **enlarge** | past | the protagonist | the aperture | | the pit wall | | with the instrument | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent aperture=Patient with which=Instrument | 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} a dagger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e1:o1:1 # text = a dagger 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a rusty spade ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e1:o2:1 # text = a rusty spade 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spade spade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a folding knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e1:o3:1 # text = a folding knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 folding folding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a sharp stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1796-pg641-part47:e1:o4:1 # text = a sharp stone 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stone stone 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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