--- title: Which instrument did the Fairy employ to effect the rescue of the lo… — Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Which instrument did the Fairy employ to effect the rescue of the lovers? Exam question 3 of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1877-pg7277-part14/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/) / [Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1877-pg7277-part14/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood… Which instrument did the Fairy employ to effect the rescue of the lovers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** instrument · **What happens:** do, rescue · **To what, where:** Fairy employ, lovers This is exam question 3 of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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/1877-pg7277-part14/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:e3:1 # text = Which instrument did the Fairy employ to effect the rescue of the lovers? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instrument instrument 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 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 employ employ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which instrument | the Fairy employ | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality | | 2 | **rescue** | | | the lovers | | | | | nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} her magic wand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:e3:o1:1 # text = her magic wand 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:e3:o2:1 # text = a rope 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a long rod of enchanted golden wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:e3:o3:1 # text = a long rod of enchanted golden wood 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 6 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} a staff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1877-pg7277-part14:e3:o4:1 # text = a staff 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 staff staff 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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