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title: Which object did the thieves believe to be the Evil One descending t… — Household Tales, Frederick and Catheri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the thieves believe to be the Evil One descending the tree? Exam question 3 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 questi
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# Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: thieves flee fro…

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Which object did the thieves believe to be the Evil One descending the tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, thieves, Evil One · **What happens:** do, believe, be, descend · **To what, where:** Evil One, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e3:1
# text = Which object did the thieves believe to be the Evil One descending the tree?
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	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
12	descending	descend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **believe** | present | the thieves |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the Evil One |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **descend** | gerund | the Evil One *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tree=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 {#o1}

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The wooden door that Catherine had carried away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = The wooden door that Catherine had carried away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry away** | past · perfect · passive | the wooden door *not said here* | Catherine |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The heavy oak door as it fell from the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = The heavy oak door as it fell from the window
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the heavy oak door as it |  |  | the window |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from window=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The falling beam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = The falling beam
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The falling door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:108-pg11027-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = The falling door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	falling	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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