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description: Which object did the hairy man bestow upon the prince in order to summon foot soldiers? Exam question 3 of lesson 664 «Blue Fairy Book, The Hairy Man, part 4: a swineherd's dogs catch a hairy thief, and a prince gets three magic apples» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Hairy Man, part 4: a swineherd's dogs…

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Which object did the hairy man bestow upon the prince in order to summon foot soldiers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** bestow, summon · **To what, where:** foot soldiers

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 664 «Blue Fairy Book, The Hairy Man, part 4: a swineherd's dogs catch a hairy thief, and a prince gets three magic apples» 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/664-pg2435-part4/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:664-pg2435-part4:e3:1
# text = Which object did the hairy man bestow upon the prince in order to summon foot soldiers?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hairy	hairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
12	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	fixed	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
15	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  | upon the prince | tree rules |
| 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | foot soldiers |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A copper apple

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:664-pg2435-part4:e3:o1:1
# text = A copper apple
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A silver horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:664-pg2435-part4:e3:o2:1
# text = A silver horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	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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A golden staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:664-pg2435-part4:e3:o3:1
# text = A golden staff
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	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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A small iron key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:664-pg2435-part4:e3:o4:1
# text = A small iron key
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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