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description: Which of the following describes the object that Tom borrows from the Ould Boy in hell? Exam question 1 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

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Which of the following describes the object that Tom borrows from the Ould Boy in hell?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** follow, describe, borrow · **To what, where:** object, hell

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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/2022-pg7885-part41/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the object that Tom borrows from the Ould Boy in hell?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	borrows	borrow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Ould	Ould	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **borrow** | present | the object |  |  | hell |  | from the Ould Boy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from boy=Source |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a heavy club with iron spikes and a leather grip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e1:o1:1
# text = a heavy club with iron spikes and a leather grip
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	grip	grip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a magical flail that glows white whenever it strikes a devil, with a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e1:o2:1
# text = a magical flail that glows white whenever it strikes a devil, with a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	glows	glow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	strikes	strike	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	devil	devil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	handstaff	handstaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	booltheen	booltheen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | a magical flail and a handstaff of gold and a booltheen of silver and bronze |  |  |  |  | white *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **strike** | present | it | a devil |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent devil=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a flail with an oak handle and a bronze head of cold metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e1:o3:1
# text = a flail with an oak handle and a bronze head of cold metal
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a flail whose handstaff and booltheen are made of red-hot iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2022-pg7885-part41:e1:o4:1
# text = a flail whose handstaff and booltheen are made of red-hot iron
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flail	flail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	handstaff	handstaff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	booltheen	booltheen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | a flail |  |  |  | of red hot iron | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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