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title: Upon what object did the baboon Gudu cast into the stream, thereby c… — Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabb… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what object did the baboon Gudu cast into the stream, thereby causing the rabbit to relinquish his provisions? Exam question 1 of lesson 1139 «Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, part 1: Gudu cheats Isuro of food on the road» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, par…

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Upon what object did the baboon Gudu cast into the stream, thereby causing the rabbit to relinquish his provisions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Gudu · **What happens:** do, cast, cause, relinquish, provide · **To what, where:** baboon, stream, rabbit, provisions

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1139 «Indian Fairy Tales, How Isuro the Rabbit Tricked Gudu, part 1: Gudu cheats Isuro of food on the road» 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/1139-pg3027-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1139-pg3027-part5:e1:1
# text = Upon what object did the baboon Gudu cast into the stream, thereby causing the rabbit to relinquish his provisions?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	baboon	baboon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	Gudu	Gudu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | object | the baboon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cast** | past | Gudu | the baboon *not said here* |  | the stream |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent baboon=Material into stream=Product |
| 3 | **cause** | gerund | object *not said here* | the rabbit |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition rabbit=Patient |
| 4 | **relinquish** | to-infinitive | object *not said here* | Gudu's provisions |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent provision=Theme |
| 5 | **provide** |  | Gudu |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication 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 {#o1}

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a small pebble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1139-pg3027-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = a small pebble
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pebble	pebble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a large stone thrown from the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1139-pg3027-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = a large stone thrown from the bank
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | a large stone *not said here* |  | the bank |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from bank=Initial\_Location |

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

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a large stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1139-pg3027-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = a large stone
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a large smooth stone from the riverbed nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1139-pg3027-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = a large smooth stone from the riverbed nearby
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riverbed	riverbed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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