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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the object that the Master-maid instructed the bailiff to hold? Exam question 2 of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the object that the Master-maid instructed the bailiff to hold?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Master maid · **What happens:** follow, identify, instruct, hold · **To what, where:** object, bailiff

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1445 «Popular Tales from the Norse, The Master-maid: the bailiff is tricked into chasing a calf all night, and at last the wedding is held» 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/1445-pg503-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the object that the Master-maid instructed the bailiff to hold?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	instructed	instruct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the object |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **instruct** *speech: other* | past | the Master maid | the bailiff |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bailiff=Recipient |
| 4 | **hold** | to-infinitive | the Master maid *not said here* | the bailiff *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The calf's tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = The calf's tail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The calf's tail and the sack of money together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = The calf's tail and the sack of money together
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The shovel-handle, held firmly by both hands in the byre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = The shovel-handle, held firmly by both hands in the byre
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	shovel	shovel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	byre	byre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | the shovel handle *not said here* |  | the byre |  | by both hands; firmly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by hand=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The calf's horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1445-pg503-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = The calf's horn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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