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title: Identify the instrument with which the prince, having been advised b… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the wha… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the instrument with which the prince, having been advised by Trembling, successfully struck the whale. Exam question 2 of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bulle…

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Identify the instrument with which the prince, having been advised by Trembling, successfully struck the whale.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Trembling · **What happens:** identify, advise, strike · **To what, where:** instrument, whale

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2013 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Trembling: the whale, the silver bullet and the cowboy's message» 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/2013-pg7885-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e2:1
# text = Identify the instrument with which the prince, having been advised by Trembling, successfully struck the whale.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	advised	advise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Trembling	Trembling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	successfully	successfully	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instrument |  |  |  | with the prince | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme |
| 2 | **advise** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect · passive | Trembling |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **strike** | past | Trembling *not said here* | the whale |  |  |  | successfully *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent whale=Instrument |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A silver bullet fired from a gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = A silver bullet fired from a gun
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bullet	bullet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** | participle |  | a silver bullet *not said here* |  | a gun |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from gun=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A copper arrow shot from a bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = A copper arrow shot from a bow
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A silver bullet blessed by a priest and fired from a long gun at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = A silver bullet blessed by a priest and fired from a long gun at dawn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bullet	bullet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	blessed	bless	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | participle |  | a silver bullet *not said here* |  |  | dawn | by a priest | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fire** | participle |  |  |  | a long gun |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from gun=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A silver bullet fired from a gun that the prince had borrowed from the king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2013-pg7885-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = A silver bullet fired from a gun that the prince had borrowed from the king
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bullet	bullet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** | participle |  | a silver bullet *not said here* |  | a gun |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from gun=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **borrow** | past · perfect · passive |  | a gun |  |  |  | from the king | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from king=Source |

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