--- title: Which sense did the third brother hold to be his principal faculty? — Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par… · tree and pragmatics description: Which sense did the third brother hold to be his principal faculty? Exam question 3 of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/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/) / [Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey… Which sense did the third brother hold to be his principal faculty? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sense · **What happens:** hold, be · **To what, where:** principal faculty This is exam question 3 of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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/939-pg27200-part150/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e3:1 # text = Which sense did the third brother hold to be his principal faculty? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 amod _ _ 6 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past · do-support | which sense | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | which sense *not said here* | brother's principal faculty | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Sight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e3:o1:1 # text = Sight 1 Sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The sense of touch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e3:o2:1 # text = The sense of touch 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sense** | | | touch | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The sense of smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e3:o3:1 # text = The sense of smell 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sense** | | | smell | | | | | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Smell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e3:o4:1 # text = Smell 1 Smell smell 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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