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title: Which object did Walter carry in order to cut off the ears of the wo… — Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Walter carry in order to cut off the ears of the wolves? Exam question 1 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 1 · Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Wa…

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Which object did Walter carry in order to cut off the ears of the wolves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** carry, cut off · **To what, where:** order, ears

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» 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/1287-pg3454-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e1:1
# text = Which object did Walter carry in order to cut off the ears of the wolves?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Walter	Walter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · do-support | which object |  |  | order |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location |
| 2 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the ears of the wolves |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ear=Eventuality |

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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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A long knife with a wooden grip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = A long knife with a wooden grip
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knife	knife	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	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grip	grip	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 small saw from the shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = A small saw from the shed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	saw	saw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A clasp knife with a bone handle and a hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = A clasp knife with a bone handle and a hook
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clasp	clasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	knife	knife	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	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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A clasp knife with a bone handle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = A clasp knife with a bone handle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	clasp	clasp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	knife	knife	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	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	handle	handle	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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