--- title: Which animal, in the sequence of encounters described, first confron… — Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam… · tree and pragmatics description: Which animal, in the sequence of encounters described, first confronts Lambikin on his journey to his grandmother's house? Exam question 1 of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/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/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lam…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1821-pg7128-part5/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked int… Which animal, in the sequence of encounters described, first confronts Lambikin on his journey to his grandmother's house? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animal · **What happens:** describe, confront, journey · **To what, where:** encounters, Lambikin, journey This is exam question 1 of lesson 1821 «Indian Fairy Tales, Balna, part 5: Lambikin is tricked into a drum and eaten, then the Raja's daughters are starved by a cruel stepmother» 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/1821-pg7128-part5/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e1:1 # text = Which animal, in the sequence of encounters described, first confronts Lambikin on his journey to his grandmother's house? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 encounters encounter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 advmod _ _ 12 confronts confront VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 Lambikin Lambikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | participle | | encounters *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **confront** | present | which animal | Lambikin | | animal's journey | | to animal's grandmother's house; first *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lambikin=Theme | | 3 | **journey** | | animal | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} The Hyena ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e1:o1:1 # text = The Hyena 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Hyena Hyena PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Vulture ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e1:o2:1 # text = The Vulture 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Vulture vulture NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Tortoise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e1:o3:1 # text = The Tortoise 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Hen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1821-pg7128-part5:e1:o4:1 # text = Hen 1 Hen Hen PROPN NNP 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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