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title: Which object did the eldest daughter carry to the fountain upon her… — Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the eldest daughter carry to the fountain upon her departure? Exam question 4 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

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Which object did the eldest daughter carry to the fountain upon her departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, daughter · **What happens:** carry, depart · **To what, where:** fountain

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» 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/1078-pg29021-part3/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e4:1
# text = Which object did the eldest daughter carry to the fountain upon her departure?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	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	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · do-support | which object |  |  | the fountain |  | upon daughter's departure | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to fountain=Destination |
| 2 | **depart** |  | daughter |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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The best silver tankard in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e4:o1:1
# text = The best silver tankard in the house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tankard	tankard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bucket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e4:o2:1
# text = A bucket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The family's silver tankard from the shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e4:o3:1
# text = The family's silver tankard from the shelf
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	tankard	tankard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pewter cup from the kitchen dresser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1078-pg29021-part3:e4:o4:1
# text = A pewter cup from the kitchen dresser
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pewter	pewter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	dresser	dresser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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