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title: Which of the following describes the object with which the Ogre atte… — Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the object with which the Ogre attempted to dispatch the children, as narrated in this part? Exam question 1 of lesson 1089 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre kills his own daughters by mistake and the boys flee» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre…

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Which of the following describes the object with which the Ogre attempted to dispatch the children, as narrated in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ogre · **What happens:** follow, be, attempt, dispatch, narrate · **To what, where:** children, part

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1089 «Perrault's Popular Tales, Little Thumb, part 14: the Ogre kills his own daughters by mistake and the boys flee» 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/1089-pg29021-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1089-pg29021-part14:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the object with which the Ogre attempted to dispatch the children, as narrated in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the object | tree rules |
| 3 | **attempt** | past | the Ogre |  |  |  |  | with the object | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **dispatch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Ogre *not said here* | the children |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 5 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle | the Ogre *not said here* |  |  | this part |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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a great knife, whetted upon a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1089-pg29021-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = a great knife, whetted upon a stone
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	whetted	whet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whet** | participle |  | a great knife *not said here* |  |  |  | upon a stone | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a big axe, sharpened on iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1089-pg29021-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = a big axe, sharpened on iron
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | participle |  | a big axe *not said here* |  | iron |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a huge blade sharpened on a grindstone near the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1089-pg29021-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = a huge blade sharpened on a grindstone near the fire
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grindstone	grindstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | participle |  | a huge blade *not said here* |  | a grindstone |  | near the fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a great knife, sharpened on a stone and stored in the pantry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1089-pg29021-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = a great knife, sharpened on a stone and stored in the pantry
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	sharpened	sharpen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pantry	pantry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sharpen** | participle |  | a great knife *not said here* |  | a stone |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **store** | participle |  |  |  | the pantry |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in pantry=Location |

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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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