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title: Which action did the Childe perform upon the Worm's body immediately… — English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the C… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the Childe perform upon the Worm's body immediately prior to its submersion in the river? Exam question 1 of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

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Which action did the Childe perform upon the Worm's body immediately prior to its submersion in the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Childe · **What happens:** do, perform, submerse · **To what, where:** river

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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/265-pg14241-part32/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e1:1
# text = Which action did the Childe perform upon the Worm's body immediately prior to its submersion in the river?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	submersion	submersion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **perform** | present | the Childe |  |  |  |  | upon the Worm's body | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **submerse** |  | Childe |  |  | the river |  |  | nom submersion «event transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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He pierced the creature with his spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e1:o1:1
# text = He pierced the creature with his spear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pierce** | past | He | the creature |  |  |  | with his spear | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with spear=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hacked into the great worm's body with his sword before it plunged into the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e1:o2:1
# text = He hacked into the great worm's body with his sword before it plunged into the river
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hacked	hack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	plunged	plunge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hack** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into the great worm's body *result*; with worm's sword | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent into body=Result with sword=Instrument |
| 2 | **plunge** | past | sword |  |  | the river |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into river=Initial\_Location |

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

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He bisected the creature with his blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e1:o3:1
# text = He bisected the creature with his blade
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bisected	bisect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bisect** | past | He | the creature |  |  |  | with his blade | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with blade=Instrument |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He bisected the creature with his blade and then watched the severed half drift away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e1:o4:1
# text = He bisected the creature with his blade and then watched the severed half drift away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bisected	bisect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	severed	sever	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	14	nsubj	_	_
14	drift	drift	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bisect** | past | He | the creature |  |  |  | with his blade | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent creature=Patient with blade=Instrument |
| 2 | **watch** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sever** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **drift away** | present | the severed half |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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