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title: Which object was the cat instructed to obtain from the ogre's chamber? — Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Fal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object was the cat instructed to obtain from the ogre's chamber? Exam question 3 of lesson 1158 «Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, pa…

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Which object was the cat instructed to obtain from the ogre's chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** be, instruct, obtain · **To what, where:** cat, chamber

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1158 «Fairy Tales (pg3027), The Cat, the Falcon and the Ogre, part 24: the stone is fished back out of the sea» 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/1158-pg3027-part24/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:e3:1
# text = Which object was the cat instructed to obtain from the ogre's chamber?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | which object | the cat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | participle |  | the cat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **obtain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the ogre's chamber |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from chamber=Source |

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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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A stone with carved marks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:e3:o1:1
# text = A stone with carved marks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A stone bearing engraved signs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:e3:o2:1
# text = A stone bearing engraved signs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	engraved	engrave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engrave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:e3:o3:1
# text = A ring
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1158-pg3027-part24:e3:o4:1
# text = A gem
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gem	gem	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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**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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