--- title: Which creature is responsible for the final destruction of the Hobya… — English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain… · tree and pragmatics description: Which creature is responsible for the final destruction of the Hobyahs? Exam question 3 of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brain…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/253-pg14241-part20/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hoby… Which creature is responsible for the final destruction of the Hobyahs? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creature · **What happens:** be, destroy · **To what, where:** Hobyahs This is exam question 3 of lesson 253 «English Fairy Tales, A Pottle o' Brains, part 20: the Hobyahs are beaten, the fool's mother dies, and a lass offers to help him» 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/253-pg14241-part20/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e3:1 # text = Which creature is responsible for the final destruction of the Hobyahs? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 responsible responsible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Hobyahs hobyah NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which creature | | | | | for the final destruction of the Hobyahs; responsible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **destroy** | | | the Hobyahs | | | | | nom destruction «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The large dog belonging to the traveller ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e3:o1:1 # text = The large dog belonging to the traveller 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | gerund | the large dog *not said here* | | | | | to the traveller | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The enormous dog belonging to the traveller who lived in the village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e3:o2:1 # text = The enormous dog belonging to the traveller who lived in the village 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | gerund | the enormous dog *not said here* | | | | | to the traveller | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **live** | past | the traveller | | | the village | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The large dog that belonged to a passing traveller on the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e3:o3:1 # text = The large dog that belonged to a passing traveller on the road 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 amod _ _ 9 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | past | the large dog | | | the road | | to a passing traveller | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The dog belonging to the farmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:253-pg14241-part20:e3:o4:1 # text = The dog belonging to the farmer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **belong** | gerund | the dog *not said here* | | | | | to the farmer | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | **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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