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title: Which two items did the brother permit his sister to retain from the… — Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which two items did the brother permit his sister to retain from the household goods? Exam question 2 of lesson 1308 «Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after the parents die, a sister's pot and pumpkins bring her luck until her envious brother steals the pot» of the books course of
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# Exam question 2 · Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after…

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Which two items did the brother permit his sister to retain from the household goods?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two items, brother · **What happens:** do, permit, retain · **To what, where:** sister, household goods

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1308 «Tales from Many Lands, The One-Handed Girl, part 1: after the parents die, a sister's pot and pumpkins bring her luck until her envious brother steals the pot» 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/1308-pg3454-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e2:1
# text = Which two items did the brother permit his sister to retain from the household goods?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	retain	retain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | two items |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **permit** | infinitive | the brother | brother's sister |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer sister=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **retain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the brother *not said here* |  |  | the household goods |  |  | tree rules |

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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 bowl and a basket of beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = A bowl and a basket of beans
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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A small pot and a vessel for corn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = A small pot and a vessel for corn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	corn	corn	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 small pot, a vessel for corn, and the well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = A small pot, a vessel for corn, and the well
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	corn	corn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A mat and a basket for grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1308-pg3454-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = A mat and a basket for grain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mat	mat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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