--- title: Identify the phenomenon by which a pointer upon a spirit board is ca… — Sleepovers and spooky stories · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the phenomenon by which a pointer upon a spirit board is caused to move. Exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Sleepovers and spooky stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Sleepovers and spooky stories Identify the phenomenon by which a pointer upon a spirit board is caused to move. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, phenomenon, pointer · **What happens:** identify, cause, move · **To what, where:** phenomenon, pointer This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky stories» of the myths 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/myths/26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:e1:1 # text = Identify the phenomenon by which a pointer upon a spirit board is caused to move. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 phenomenon phenomenon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 pointer pointer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the phenomenon | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Theme | | 2 | **cause** | present · passive | the phenomenon | a pointer upon a spirit board | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **move** | to-infinitive | a pointer upon a spirit board *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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} The intervention of the spirits of the deceased ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:e1:o1:1 # text = The intervention of the spirits of the deceased 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 intervention intervention NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 deceased decease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decease** | participle | | the spirits *not said here* | | | | | vn die-42.4 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **intervene** | | the spirits | | | | | | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The action of a draught of air ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:e1:o2:1 # text = The action of a draught of air 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | | a draught of air | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The operation of a concealed magnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:e1:o3:1 # text = The operation of a concealed magnet 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 magnet magnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | participle | | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **operate** | | | a concealed magnet | | | | | nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The ideomotor effect, consisting of involuntary muscular movements ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:26-sleepovers-and-spooky-stories:e1:o4:1 # text = The ideomotor effect, consisting of involuntary muscular movements 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 ideomotor ideomotor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 consisting consist VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 involuntary involuntary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 muscular muscular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 movements movement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | gerund | the ideomotor effect of involuntary muscular movements *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **effect** | | | involuntary muscular movements | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | **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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