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title: Which implement did the bull-calf designate for use against the drag… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Ca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which implement did the bull-calf designate for use against the dragon following its own death? Exam question 3 of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the cal…

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Which implement did the bull-calf designate for use against the dragon following its own death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** implement, dragon, calf · **What happens:** designate, follow, die · **To what, where:** own death

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 260 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Little Bull-Calf, part 27: the calf dies, the boy finds a princess» 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/260-pg14241-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:e3:1
# text = Which implement did the bull-calf designate for use against the dragon following its own death?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	designate	designate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | past · do-support | which implement |  |  |  |  | for use against the dragon | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the dragon *not said here* | calf's own death |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 3 | **die** |  | calf |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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The bladder, once blown up and tied off tight with string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = The bladder, once blown up and tied off tight with string
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bladder	bladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
5	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	tight	tight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | participle |  | the bladder *not said here* |  |  |  | once *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **tie off** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with string; tight *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with string=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The horn, when blown hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = The horn, when blown hard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The bladder, when blown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = The bladder, when blown up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bladder	bladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The bladder from his own body, to be blown up and struck at the beast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:260-pg14241-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = The bladder from his own body, to be blown up and struck at the beast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bladder	bladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow up** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart» |
| 2 | **strike** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | at the beast | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at beast=Patient |

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