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title: Which object did the students offer to the old man as payment for th… — Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Ma… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the students offer to the old man as payment for the meal? Exam question 4 of lesson 1313 «Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king for a cow and they break Sunday rest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king…

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Which object did the students offer to the old man as payment for the meal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, students · **What happens:** do, offer · **To what, where:** old man

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1313 «Finnish Tales, Ahti's Cow, part 38: Maie begs the sea king for a cow and they break Sunday rest» 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/1313-pg3454-part38/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:e4:1
# text = Which object did the students offer to the old man as payment for the meal?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	offer	offer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **offer** | present | the students |  | the old man as payment for the meal |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to man=Goal |

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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 shining silver coin from the captain's purse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:e4:o1:1
# text = A shining silver coin from the captain's purse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two shining silver coins and a small brass key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:e4:o2:1
# text = Two shining silver coins and a small brass key
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Shining silver coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:e4:o3:1
# text = Shining silver coin
1	Shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  | silver coin |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Shining brass button

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1313-pg3454-part38:e4:o4:1
# text = Shining brass button
1	Shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  | brass button |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent button=Theme |

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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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