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title: Where did Tom Thumb's travels finally deposit him at the close of th… — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Tom Thumb's travels finally deposit him at the close of this passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

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Where did Tom Thumb's travels finally deposit him at the close of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, deposit · **To what, where:** Thumb, close

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e4:1
# text = Where did Tom Thumb's travels finally deposit him at the close of this passage?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Thumb	Thumb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	deposit	deposit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deposit** | present |  | Thumb |  | the close of this passage |  | finally *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme at close=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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In a tailor's shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e4:o1:1
# text = In a tailor's shop
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Within the cellar of a grand old house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e4:o2:1
# text = Within the cellar of a grand old house
1	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Within the stomach of a large black cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e4:o3:1
# text = Within the stomach of a large black cow
1	Within	within	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Inside the belly of a sleepy old horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e4:o4:1
# text = Inside the belly of a sleepy old horse
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	horse	horse	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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**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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