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title: By what designation was the adopted infant formally known? — Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what designation was the adopted infant formally known? Exam question 4 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole…

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By what designation was the adopted infant formally known?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** designation · **What happens:** adopt, be, know · **To what, where:** adopted infant

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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/1273-pg338-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e4:1
# text = By what designation was the adopted infant formally known?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | designation | the adopted infant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | participle |  | the adopted infant *not said here* |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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The name of the eldest son of the chieftain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = The name of the eldest son of the chieftain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** |  |  | the eldest son of the chieftain |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Chaske

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = Chaske
1	Chaske	Chaske	PROPN	NNP	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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Chaske, the wood-child given to the chieftain's daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = Chaske, the wood-child given to the chieftain's daughter
1	Chaske	Chaske	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the wood child *not said here* | the chieftain's daughter |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to daughter=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Hanska

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = Hanska
1	Hanska	Hanska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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