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description: Identify the signal employed by the Childe to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival. Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

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Identify the signal employed by the Childe to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, his · **What happens:** identify, employ, alert, survive · **To what, where:** signal, occupants

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e2:1
# text = Identify the signal employed by the Childe to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	alert	alert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the signal |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  | the signal *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Childe | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **alert** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the occupants of the Hall of his survival |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent occupant=Recipient |
| 4 | **survive** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom survival «state transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He sounded his bugle three times

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = He sounded his bugle three times
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | He | his bugle |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sounded his bugle three times to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = He sounded his bugle three times to alert the occupants of the Hall of his survival
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	alert	alert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	survival	survival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | He | his bugle |  |  | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme |
| 2 | **alert** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the occupants of the Hall of his survival |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent occupant=Recipient |
| 3 | **survive** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom survival «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sounded his bugle three times from the riverbank to inform the castle that the worm was dead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = He sounded his bugle three times from the riverbank to inform the castle that the worm was dead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bugle	bugle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | He | his bugle |  | the riverbank | time |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bugle=Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the castle |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent castle=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | past | the worm |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He shouted loudly to the Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = He shouted loudly to the Hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He |  | the Hall |  |  | loudly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to hall=Recipient |

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