--- title: Which giant was reported to possess a thunderbolt in the form of a p… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Which giant was reported to possess a thunderbolt in the form of a pancake? Exam question 4 of lesson 2009 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and the sea-maiden dies» 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/2009-pg7885-part28/e4/) [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, The Sea-Maiden: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2009-pg7885-part28/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and… Which giant was reported to possess a thunderbolt in the form of a pancake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** report, possess, form · **To what, where:** giant, thunderbolt, form, pancake This is exam question 4 of lesson 2009 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Sea-Maiden: the egg is broken and the sea-maiden dies» 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/2009-pg7885-part28/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e4:1 # text = Which giant was reported to possess a thunderbolt in the form of a pancake? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 reported report VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thunderbolt thunderbolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 pancake pancake NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **report** | past · passive | | which giant | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | to-infinitive | | a thunderbolt | | the form of a pancake | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thunderbolt=Theme | | 3 | **form** | | | a pancake | | | | | nom form «communication 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 {#o1} Fin M'Coul ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e4:o1:1 # text = Fin M'Coul 1 Fin fin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 M'Coul M'Coul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Knockmany ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e4:o2:1 # text = Knockmany 1 Knockmany Knockmany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The giant from Dungannon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e4:o3:1 # text = The giant from Dungannon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Dungannon Dungannon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cucullin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2009-pg7885-part28:e4:o4:1 # text = Cucullin 1 Cucullin Cucullin PROPN NNP 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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