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title: Which object did the protagonist discover concealed within the antiq… — Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the protagonist discover concealed within the antiquated chest? Exam question 1 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays d…

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Which object did the protagonist discover concealed within the antiquated chest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, protagonist · **What happens:** do, discover, conceal, antiquate · **To what, where:** protagonist

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» 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/1186-pg3027-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e1:1
# text = Which object did the protagonist discover concealed within the antiquated chest?
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	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	antiquated	antiquate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | the protagonist |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=Eventuality |
| 2 | **discover** | present | the protagonist *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conceal** | participle |  | the protagonist *not said here* |  |  |  | within the antiquated chest | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **antiquate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 ledger of the village's family accounts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = A ledger of the village's family accounts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ledger	ledger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  | the village |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A gold key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = A gold key
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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A document recording an outstanding debt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = A document recording an outstanding debt
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	document	document	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	recording	record	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | gerund | a document *not said here* | a outstanding debt |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A paper listing unpaid coins owed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = A paper listing unpaid coins owed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	listing	listing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	owed	owe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | participle |  | unpaid coins *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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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