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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the object which Rosald removed from the body of the slain robber chief? Exam question 3 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» of the books cours
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# Exam question 3 · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the object which Rosald removed from the body of the slain robber chief?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** follow, identify, remove · **To what, where:** object, body

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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/1219-pg3282-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the object which Rosald removed from the body of the slain robber chief?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	slain	slain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the object |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **remove** | past | the object |  |  | the body of the slain robber chief |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from body=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 chain set with a small gem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = a chain set with a small gem
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gem	gem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a golden ring set with a large stone and a family crest on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = a golden ring set with a large stone and a family crest on it
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	crest	crest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a ring set with a large stone taken from his left hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = a ring set with a large stone taken from his left hand
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a large stone *not said here* |  | his left hand |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from hand=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a ring set with a large stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1219-pg3282-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = a ring set with a large stone
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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