--- title: Which object does the emperor strike the heads with at the moment th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object does the emperor strike the heads with at the moment the swineherd receives the sixty-eighth kiss? Exam question 3 of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/997-pg27200-part208/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's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/997-pg27200-part208/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, t… Which object does the emperor strike the heads with at the moment the swineherd receives the sixty-eighth kiss? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, swineherd · **What happens:** do, strike, receive · **To what, where:** emperor, heads, eighth kiss This is exam question 3 of lesson 997 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Swineherd: the prince's pot, the rattle and the kisses» 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/997-pg27200-part208/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:e3:1 # text = Which object does the emperor strike the heads with at the moment the swineherd receives the sixty-eighth kiss? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 receives receive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | which object | the emperor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **strike** | present | which object *not said here* | the heads | | | moment | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | | 3 | **receive** | present | the swineherd | the eighth kiss | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=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 {#o1} a heavy wooden cane from the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:e3:o1:1 # text = a heavy wooden cane from the court 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the golden staff of his royal office ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:e3:o2:1 # text = the golden staff of his royal office 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} his sword ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:e3:o3:1 # text = his sword 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} his shoe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:997-pg27200-part208:e3:o4:1 # text = his shoe 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 shoe shoe 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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