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title: Identify the object to which Pryderi's hands adhered. — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object to which Pryderi's hands adhered. Exam question 1 of lesson 1332 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryderi's hands stick to a golden bowl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 1 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryde…

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Identify the object to which Pryderi's hands adhered.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, hands · **What happens:** identify, adhere · **To what, where:** object

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1332 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Escape of the Mouse, part 1: Pryderi's hands stick to a golden bowl» 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/1332-pg3454-part57/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e1:1
# text = Identify the object to which Pryderi's hands adhered.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	Pryderi	Pryderi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	adhered	adhere	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **adhere** | past | Pryderi's hands |  |  |  |  | to the object | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to which=Co-Theme |

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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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the golden bowl that sat upon the marble fountain's top basin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e1:o1:1
# text = the golden bowl that sat upon the marble fountain's top basin
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the golden bowl |  |  | the marble fountain's top basin |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon basin=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the golden bowl upon the marble, which stood in the hall of the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e1:o2:1
# text = the golden bowl upon the marble, which stood in the hall of the castle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the golden bowl upon the marble |  |  | the hall of the castle |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the silver cup beside the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e1:o3:1
# text = the silver cup beside the wall
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the golden bowl upon the marble

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1332-pg3454-part57:e1:o4:1
# text = the golden bowl upon the marble
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marble	marble	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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