--- title: Which creature was the first to give information regarding the where… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature was the first to give information regarding the whereabouts of the castle? Exam question 1 of lesson 1955 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1955-pg7439-part14/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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1955-pg7439-part14/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle… Which creature was the first to give information regarding the whereabouts of the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** be, give, regard · **To what, where:** information This is exam question 1 of lesson 1955 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Castle: the castle is found and carried away over the sea» 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/1955-pg7439-part14/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e1:1 # text = Which creature was the first to give information regarding the whereabouts of the castle? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 whereabouts whereabouts NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | which creature | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | | information | | | | regard the whereabouts of the castle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 frog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e1:o1:1 # text = The frog 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The eagle himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e1:o2:1 # text = The eagle himself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The King of the mice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e1:o3:1 # text = The King of the mice 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The King of frogs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1955-pg7439-part14:e1:o4:1 # text = The King of frogs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 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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