--- title: What precise ailment did the arrow inflict upon the aged poet, accor… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Bo… · tree and pragmatics description: What precise ailment did the arrow inflict upon the aged poet, according to the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/308-pg1597-part35/e4/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Bo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/308-pg1597-part35/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets… What precise ailment did the arrow inflict upon the aged poet, according to the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precise ailment, arrow · **What happens:** do, inflict, accord This is exam question 4 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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/308-pg1597-part35/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e4:1 # text = What precise ailment did the arrow inflict upon the aged poet, according to the narrative? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 precise precise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ailment ailment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 inflict inflict VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 aged aged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 poet poet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | precise ailment | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **inflict** | present | the arrow | | | | | upon the aged poet; accord the narrative | tree rules | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} It grazed his left shoulder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e4:o1:1 # text = It grazed his left shoulder 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grazed graze 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 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **graze** | past | It | his left shoulder | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoulder=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} It penetrated deeply into his chest and damaged his heart and lungs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e4:o2:1 # text = It penetrated deeply into his chest and damaged his heart and lungs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 penetrated penetrate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 damaged damage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **penetrate** | past | It | | | his chest | | deeply *property* | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **damage** | past | | his heart and lungs | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It penetrated his heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e4:o3:1 # text = It penetrated his heart 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 penetrated penetrate 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 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **penetrate** | past | It | his heart | | | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It hit his leg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e4:o4:1 # text = It hit his leg 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hit hit 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 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | It | his leg | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme leg=Co-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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