--- title: Which character, having deceived the crane, cut through its neck wit… — Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character, having deceived the crane, cut through its neck with a view to securing his own preservation? Exam question 1 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/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, Prince Majnun, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1826-pg7128-part10/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick… Which character, having deceived the crane, cut through its neck with a view to securing his own preservation? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character, his · **What happens:** have, deceive, cut, secure, preserve · **To what, where:** crane, own preservation This is exam question 1 of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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/1826-pg7128-part10/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e1:1 # text = Which character, having deceived the crane, cut through its neck with a view to securing his own preservation? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 deceived deceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 crane crane NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 securing secure VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 15 acl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | which character *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **deceive** | past | which character | the crane | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crane=Patient | | 3 | **cut** | participle | | | | | | through character's neck with a view | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through neck=Patient | | 4 | **secure** | gerund | | his own preservation | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition preservation=Theme | | 5 | **preserve** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom preservation «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 {#o1} Crow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e1:o1:1 # text = Crow 1 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e1:o2:1 # text = The fish 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The crab ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e1:o3:1 # text = The crab 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crab crab NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Jackal ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1826-pg7128-part10:e1:o4:1 # text = Jackal 1 Jackal Jackal 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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