--- title: Identify the creature which, under the direction of the willow-wren,… — Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the creature which, under the direction of the willow-wren, administered repeated stings to the fox in the course of the engagement. Exam question 2 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» of the books course of M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/e2/) [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/) / [Household Tales, The Frog King, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/735-pg2591-part11/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the… Identify the creature which, under the direction of the willow-wren, administered repeated stings to the fox in the course of the engagement. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, administer, repeat · **To what, where:** creature, direction, repeated stings, fox, course This is exam question 2 of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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/735-pg2591-part11/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e2:1 # text = Identify the creature which, under the direction of the willow-wren, administered repeated stings to the fox in the course of the engagement. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 willow willow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 wren wren NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 administered administer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 16 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 stings sting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 engagement engagement NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the creature | | the direction of the willow wren | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 2 | **administer** | past | | repeated stings | the fox | the course of the engagement | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sting=Theme to fox=Recipient | | 3 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} The gadfly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e2:o1:1 # text = The gadfly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gadfly gadfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A wasp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e2:o2:1 # text = A wasp 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wasp wasp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The hornet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e2:o3:1 # text = The hornet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hornet hornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A bee ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:735-pg2591-part11:e2:o4:1 # text = A bee 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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