--- title: Which object did the youth take from the castle in one hand, accordi… — Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier,… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the youth take from the castle in one hand, according to the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1898-pg7277-part35/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/) / [Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1898-pg7277-part35/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent w… Which object did the youth take from the castle in one hand, according to the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, youth · **What happens:** do, take, accord · **To what, where:** castle, narrative This is exam question 1 of lesson 1898 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Little Soldier, part 1: a serpent with a woman's head asks for help» 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/1898-pg7277-part35/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:e1:1 # text = Which object did the youth take from the castle in one hand, according to the narrative? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object 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 5 det _ _ 5 youth youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | the youth | | | the castle | | in one hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from castle=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | the youth *not said here* | | | | | to the narrative *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to narrative=Goal | 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 silver key ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:e1:o1:1 # text = The silver key 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A cage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:e1:o2:1 # text = A cage 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The golden cage ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:e1:o3:1 # text = The golden cage 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1898-pg7277-part35:e1:o4:1 # text = Gold 1 Gold gold 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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