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title: Which saint is described as transfixing monsters with his lance? — Songs of the Russian People, Saints an… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which saint is described as transfixing monsters with his lance? Exam question 1 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part…

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Which saint is described as transfixing monsters with his lance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, transfix · **To what, where:** saint, monsters

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 485 «Songs of the Russian People, Saints and Heathen Gods, part 77: St. Andrew, St. George and St. Nicholas each help or punish people in their own way» 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/485-pg22373-part77/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e1:1
# text = Which saint is described as transfixing monsters with his lance?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	transfixing	transfix	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	monsters	monster	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which saint |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **transfix** | gerund |  | monsters |  |  |  | with his lance | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus monster=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Saint Demetrius of the Thessalonian host and army

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e1:o1:1
# text = Saint Demetrius of the Thessalonian host and army
1	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Demetrius	Demetrius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Thessalonian	Thessalonian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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St. George

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e1:o2:1
# text = St. George
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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St. Michael

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e1:o3:1
# text = St. Michael
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the wandering monk Saint Sergius of the northern lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:485-pg22373-part77:e1:o4:1
# text = the wandering monk Saint Sergius of the northern lands
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	Saint	Saint	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Sergius	Sergius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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