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description: Which object did the witch hide in the earth, and for what stated reason did she do so? Exam question 2 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…

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Which object did the witch hide in the earth, and for what stated reason did she do so?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, witch, reason · **What happens:** do, hide, state · **To what, where:** earth

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» 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/1212-pg3282-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e2:1
# text = Which object did the witch hide in the earth, and for what stated reason did she do so?
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	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	nsubj	_	_
14	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:outer	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	ccomp	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | present | the witch |  |  | the earth |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in earth=Location |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | past · do-support | reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The gold, so people must work for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = The gold, so people must work for it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | must | people | the gold *not said here* |  |  |  | for gold | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent gold=Theme for it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gold, so people must dig and work hard for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = The gold, so people must dig and work hard for it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | must | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for gold; hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The bridge, so people cannot cross the sea easily to reach them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = The bridge, so people cannot cross the sea easily to reach them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cross** | can | people | the sea |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bridge, so people cannot cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = The bridge, so people cannot cross
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cross** | can | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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