--- title: By what instrument was the injured robber struck upon his passage to… — Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber… · tree and pragmatics description: By what instrument was the injured robber struck upon his passage to the stable? Exam question 1 of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/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/) / [Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robber…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2003-pg7885-part22/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall t… By what instrument was the injured robber struck upon his passage to the stable? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** injured robber, robber · **What happens:** be, strike, pass · **To what, where:** injured robber, passage This is exam question 1 of lesson 2003 «Irish Fairy Tales, Jack and the Robbers: a robber's tall tale and the gold returned» 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/2003-pg7885-part22/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e1:1 # text = By what instrument was the injured robber struck upon his passage to the stable? 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 injured injured ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the injured robber | | | | by instrument | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | past | the injured robber | | | robber's passage | | to the stable | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon passage=Location | | 3 | **pass** | | robber | | | | | | nom passage «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} By a wooden plank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e1:o1:1 # text = By a wooden plank 1 By by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} By a sledge-hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e1:o2:1 # text = By a sledge-hammer 1 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 sledge sledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} By a stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e1:o3:1 # text = By a stone 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} By a heavy iron bar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2003-pg7885-part22:e1:o4:1 # text = By a heavy iron bar 1 By by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bar bar 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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