--- title: What object does the youth employ to shape the skulls employed in th… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics description: What object does the youth employ to shape the skulls employed in the game? Exam question 3 of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» of the books course of Mova's primary scho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/782-pg2591-part58/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha… What object does the youth employ to shape the skulls employed in the game? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** employ, shape · **To what, where:** skulls, game This is exam question 3 of lesson 782 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was, part 58: on the second night, half-men fall down the chimney and play nine-pins» 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/782-pg2591-part58/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:e3:1 # text = What object does the youth employ to shape the skulls employed in the game? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 employ employ VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 shape shape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 skulls skull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **employ** | present · do-support | what object | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **shape** | to-infinitive | what object *not said here* | the skulls | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset skull=Product | | 3 | **employ** | participle | | the skulls *not said here* | | the game | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the iron hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:e3:o1:1 # text = the iron hammer 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a lathe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:e3:o2:1 # text = a lathe 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lathe lathe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the turning lathe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:e3:o3:1 # text = the turning lathe 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 turning turning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 lathe lathe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a sharp carving knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:782-pg2591-part58:e3:o4:1 # text = a sharp carving knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 carving carving NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 knife knife 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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