--- title: What property did the robbers' stick possess, according to the accou… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Raven, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What property did the robbers' stick possess, according to the account given to the man? Exam question 4 of lesson 772 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Raven, part 48: a giant's maps, a glass mountain, a magic stick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/772-pg2591-part48/e4/) [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 Household Tales, The Raven, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/772-pg2591-part48/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Raven, part 48: a giant's map… What property did the robbers' stick possess, according to the account given to the man? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stick · **What happens:** possess, accord, give · **To what, where:** account, man This is exam question 4 of lesson 772 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Raven, part 48: a giant's maps, a glass mountain, a magic stick» 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/772-pg2591-part48/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:772-pg2591-part48:e4:1 # text = What property did the robbers' stick possess, according to the account given to the man? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ' 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **possess** | past · do-support | the robbers's stick | | | | | accord the account | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | participle | | the account *not said here* | the man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to man=Recipient | 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} It opened any door it touched ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:772-pg2591-part48:e4:o1:1 # text = It opened any door it touched 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | It | any door | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 2 | **touch** | past | door | any door *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme door=Co-Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It made the wearer invisible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:772-pg2591-part48:e4:o2:1 # text = It made the wearer invisible 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wearer wearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | the wearer | | | | invisible *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material wearer=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} It turned lead into silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:772-pg2591-part48:e4:o3:1 # text = It turned lead into silver 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lead lead NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | It | lead | | silver | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lead=Theme into silver=Trajectory | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} It made things fly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:772-pg2591-part48:e4:o4:1 # text = It made things fly 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | things | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fly** | infinitive | things *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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