--- title: What object did the rocket apparatus discharge in order to effect th… — Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par… · tree and pragmatics description: What object did the rocket apparatus discharge in order to effect the rescue of the crew? Exam question 2 of lesson 804 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is slain, a funeral sounds, a ship is saved, and a bottle neck remembers its past» of the books course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/804-pg27200-part15/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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/804-pg27200-part15/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is… What object did the rocket apparatus discharge in order to effect the rescue of the crew? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, rescue · **To what, where:** apparatus discharge, effect, crew This is exam question 2 of lesson 804 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck, part 15: the bishop is slain, a funeral sounds, a ship is saved, and a bottle neck remembers its past» 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/804-pg27200-part15/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:e2:1 # text = What object did the rocket apparatus discharge in order to effect the rescue of the crew? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 rocket rocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 apparatus apparatus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 discharge discharge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 11 case _ _ 9 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 fixed _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 rescue rescue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | object | the apparatus discharge | | effect | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rescue** | | | the crew | | | | | nom rescue «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} A chain forming a bridge over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:e2:o1:1 # text = A chain forming a bridge over 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forming form VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 over over ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form over** | gerund | a chain | a bridge | | | | over *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bridge=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A plank forming a path ashore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:e2:o2:1 # text = A plank forming a path ashore 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plank plank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forming form VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 ashore ashore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | gerund | a plank | a path | | | | ashore *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location path=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} A thick rope that made a bridge from the stranded ship to land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:e2:o3:1 # text = A thick rope that made a bridge from the stranded ship to land 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 stranded strand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | a thick rope | a bridge | | the stranded ship | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset bridge=Product from ship=Material | | 2 | **strand** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **land** | to-infinitive | a thick rope *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A rope forming a bridge to land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:804-pg27200-part15:e2:o4:1 # text = A rope forming a bridge to land 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forming form VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 land land VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **form** | gerund | a rope | a bridge | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bridge=Theme | | 2 | **land** | to-infinitive | a rope *not said here* | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «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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