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title: Which object did the Stalo mother employ to dispatch her victims? — Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the Stalo mother employ to dispatch her victims? Exam question 1 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 1 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

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Which object did the Stalo mother employ to dispatch her victims?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, dispatch · **To what, where:** Stalo mother employ, victims

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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/1194-pg3027-part60/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e1:1
# text = Which object did the Stalo mother employ to dispatch her victims?
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	7	det	_	_
5	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	victims	victim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	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 Stalo mother employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dispatch** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | object's victims |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victim=Patient |

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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 knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e1:o1:1
# text = A knife
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An iron cane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e1:o2:1
# text = An iron cane
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sharp spear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e1:o3:1
# text = A sharp spear
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spear	spear	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 wooden club

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e1:o4:1
# text = A wooden club
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	club	club	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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