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title: Which instrument was to be sounded first in times of danger accordin… — Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which instrument was to be sounded first in times of danger according to the magician? Exam question 4 of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a b…

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Which instrument was to be sounded first in times of danger according to the magician?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** danger · **What happens:** sound, accord · **To what, where:** instrument, magician

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 682 «Violet Fairy Book, The Gifts of the Magician, part 22: a boy saves a magician from wolves and wins his horse» 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/682-pg2435-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e4:1
# text = Which instrument was to be sounded first in times of danger according to the magician?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past · passive |  | which instrument |  |  | time | first *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund | danger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the magician *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to magician=Goal |

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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 {#o1}

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The fiddle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = The fiddle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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The zither

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = The zither
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	zither	zither	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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The flute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = The flute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flute	flute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:682-pg2435-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = The drum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drum	drum	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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