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description: Which of the following correctly identifies the creature slain by the greyhound Gellert within the nursery? Exam question 1 of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal houn…

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Which of the following correctly identifies the creature slain by the greyhound Gellert within the nursery?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, identify, slay · **To what, where:** creature

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2015 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gellert: Llewelyn slays his loyal hound by mistake» 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/2015-pg7885-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:e1:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the creature slain by the greyhound Gellert within the nursery?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	greyhound	greyhound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	Gellert	Gellert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the creature |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme |
| 3 | **slay** | participle |  | the creature *not said here* |  |  |  | by the greyhound; within the nursery | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a hungry grey wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = a hungry grey wolf
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a great gaunt wolf that had come in from the mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = a great gaunt wolf that had come in from the mountains
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | past · perfect | a great gaunt wolf |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the great gaunt wolf that Gellert had killed in the nursery during the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = the great gaunt wolf that Gellert had killed in the nursery during the night
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	Gellert	Gellert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive |  | the great gaunt wolf |  | the nursery | night |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a great gaunt wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2015-pg7885-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = a great gaunt wolf
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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