--- title: What was the principal feature of the cross-bow manufactured by the… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons,… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal feature of the cross-bow manufactured by the fifth Simon? Exam question 3 of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/667-pg2435-part7/e3/) [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/) / [Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/667-pg2435-part7/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six bro… What was the principal feature of the cross-bow manufactured by the fifth Simon? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, manufacture · **To what, where:** principal feature, cross-bow This is exam question 3 of lesson 667 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Seven Simons, part 7: the six brothers show their trades to the king, and he calls them to his counsellors» 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/667-pg2435-part7/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:e3:1 # text = What was the principal feature of the cross-bow manufactured by the fifth Simon? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cross-bow cross-bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 manufactured manufacture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal feature | | | | of the cross-bow | tree rules | | 2 | **manufacture** | participle | | the cross-bow *not said here* | | | | by the fifth Simon | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: 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 was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld, and it could be loaded by a single child in an instant. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:e3:o1:1 # text = It was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld, and it could be loaded by a single child in an instant. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 infallible infallible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | infallible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | the bolt *not said here* | whatever | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | | 3 | **behold** | participle | the bolt *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **load** | could · passive | a single child in a instant | eye | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:e3:o2:1 # text = It was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 infallible infallible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | infallible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | the bolt *not said here* | whatever | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | | 3 | **behold** | participle | the bolt *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was unreliable, the bolt landing wherever the wind blew. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:e3:o3:1 # text = It was unreliable, the bolt landing wherever the wind blew. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 unreliable unreliable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 landing landing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | unreliable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **blow** | past | the wind | | | | | wherever *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld, and it was carried in a silver case given by the king himself to the fifth Simon. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:667-pg2435-part7:e3:o4:1 # text = It was infallible, the bolt striking whatever the eye beheld, and it was carried in a silver case given by the king himself to the fifth Simon. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 infallible infallible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bolt bolt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 striking strike VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 11 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 nmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | infallible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | gerund | the bolt *not said here* | whatever | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | | 3 | **behold** | participle | the bolt *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **carry** | past · passive | | eye | | a silver case | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in case=Location | | 5 | **give** | participle | | a silver case *not said here* | the fifth Simon | | | by the king king | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to simon=Recipient | **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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