--- title: What task did the apprentice first set the demon in order to avoid b… — English Fairy Tales, The Master and Hi… · tree and pragmatics description: What task did the apprentice first set the demon in order to avoid being strangled? Exam question 2 of lesson 1953 «English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious lad calls up a demon and nearly drowns in water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1953-pg7439-part12/e2/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Master and Hi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1953-pg7439-part12/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious l… What task did the apprentice first set the demon in order to avoid being strangled? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** task, apprentice · **What happens:** do, set, avoid, strangle · **To what, where:** demon, order This is exam question 2 of lesson 1953 «English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious lad calls up a demon and nearly drowns in water» 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/1953-pg7439-part12/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e2:1 # text = What task did the apprentice first set the demon in order to avoid being strangled? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 task task 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 apprentice apprentice NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 advmod _ _ 7 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 demon demon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 avoid avoid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 strangled strangle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | task | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **set** | past | the apprentice | the demon | | order | | first *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent demon=Theme in order=Destination | | 3 | **avoid** | to-infinitive | the apprentice *not said here* | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **strangle** | gerund · passive | the apprentice *not said here* | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» | 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} To fill the chamber with water until the flower finally bloomed in the pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e2:o1:1 # text = To fill the chamber with water until the flower finally bloomed in the pot 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 until until ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 finally finally ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 bloomed bloom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | the chamber | | the pot | until the flower | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent chamber=Patient with water=Instrument | | 2 | **bloom** | participle | | the flower *not said here* | | | | finally *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To fill a bucket from the well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e2:o2:1 # text = To fill a bucket from the well 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fill fill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive | | a bucket | | the well | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} To sweep the floor of the room ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e2:o3:1 # text = To sweep the floor of the room 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sweep sweep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sweep** | to-infinitive | | the floor of the room | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme floor=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To water a geranium in a pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e2:o4:1 # text = To water a geranium in a pot 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 geranium geranium NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` 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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