--- title: Which of the following creatures, having been spared by the youngest… — Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following creatures, having been spared by the youngest brother, was instrumental in locating the key that was lost at the bottom of the lake? Exam question 1 of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» of the books course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/762-pg2591-part38/e1/) [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/) / [Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/762-pg2591-part38/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwar… Which of the following creatures, having been spared by the youngest brother, was instrumental in locating the key that was lost at the bottom of the lake? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youngest brother · **What happens:** follow, spare, be, locate, lose · **To what, where:** following creatures, key, bottom This is exam question 1 of lesson 762 «Grimm's Tales, The Queen Bee: the wolf drowns and the dwarf wins the three tasks» 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/762-pg2591-part38/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:e1:1 # text = Which of the following creatures, having been spared by the youngest brother, was instrumental in locating the key that was lost at the bottom of the lake? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 amod _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 instrumental instrumental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 locating locate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **spare** | gerund · perfect · passive | the youngest brother | the following creatures *not said here* | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | instrumental *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **locate** | gerund | | the key | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** | past · passive | | the key | | the bottom of the lake | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 goat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:e1:o1:1 # text = The goat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ducks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:e1:o2:1 # text = Ducks 1 Ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The bees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:e1:o3:1 # text = The bees 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The ducks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:762-pg2591-part38:e1:o4:1 # text = The ducks 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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