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title: Which object first addressed the girl, requesting that she refrain f… — Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object first addressed the girl, requesting that she refrain from causing it harm? Exam question 4 of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» of the books course of Mova's prim
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# Exam question 4 · Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl fal…

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Which object first addressed the girl, requesting that she refrain from causing it harm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** address, request, refrain, cause · **To what, where:** girl, it

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1150 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Two Caskets, part 16: the girl falls down the well and is kind to a fence, an oven and a cow, then finds work on a farm» 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/1150-pg3027-part16/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e4:1
# text = Which object first addressed the girl, requesting that she refrain from causing it harm?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	addressed	address	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	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	requesting	request	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	refrain	refrain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | past | which object |  | the girl |  |  | first *property* | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Destination |
| 2 | **request** | gerund | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **refrain** | infinitive | object |  |  |  |  |  | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cause** | gerund | object *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer it=Theme harm=Eventuality |

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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 gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e4:o1:1
# text = the gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	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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the oven in the kitchen corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e4:o2:1
# text = the oven in the kitchen corner
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oven	oven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e4:o3:1
# text = the fence
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the old wooden fence by the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1150-pg3027-part16:e4:o4:1
# text = the old wooden fence by the road
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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