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title: Which object did the thieves mistake for the falling dew? — Household Tales, Frederick and Catheri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the thieves mistake for the falling dew? Exam question 2 of lesson 108 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee from what they think is the Evil One» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 2 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee fro…

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Which object did the thieves mistake for the falling dew?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, thieves · **What happens:** do, mistake, fall

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 108 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee from what they think is the Evil One» 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/108-pg11027-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e2:1
# text = Which object did the thieves mistake for the falling dew?
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	5	det	_	_
5	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	mistake	mistake	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	_	_
10	dew	dew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mistake** | present | the thieves |  |  |  |  | for the falling dew | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The sour liquid that the woman had carried up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = The sour liquid that the woman had carried up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the sour liquid |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The spilled water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = The spilled water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spilled	spill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spill** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The poured vinegar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = The poured vinegar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poured	pour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The vinegar the girl poured from her mug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = The vinegar the girl poured from her mug
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mug	mug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | past | the vinegar |  |  | girl's mug |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from mug=Source |

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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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