--- title: Which object did the wicked brother use to commit the murder? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the wicked brother use to commit the murder? Exam question 1 of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/821-pg27200-part32/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the… Which object did the wicked brother use to commit the murder? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, use, commit · **To what, where:** wicked brother, murder This is exam question 1 of lesson 821 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf of the Rose, part 32: the lover is murdered and the sister keeps his head» 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/821-pg27200-part32/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e1:1 # text = Which object did the wicked brother use to commit the murder? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 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 6 det _ _ 5 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 use use VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 commit commit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the wicked brother | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Eventuality | | 2 | **use** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **commit** | to-infinitive | | the murder | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent murder=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a sharp knife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e1:o1:1 # text = a sharp knife 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sharp sharp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a pistol loaded with silver from the town ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e1:o2:1 # text = a pistol loaded with silver from the town 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pistol pistol NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **load** | participle | | a pistol *not said here* | | the town | | with silver | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with silver=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} a rusty nail ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e1:o3:1 # text = a rusty nail 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a rusty axe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:821-pg27200-part32:e1:o4:1 # text = a rusty axe 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rusty rusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 axe axe 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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