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title: Specify the object which the youngest child employed in order to mar… — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the object which the youngest child employed in order to mark the path by which his brothers returned home. Exam question 3 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» of the books cou
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

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Specify the object which the youngest child employed in order to mark the path by which his brothers returned home.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object, brothers · **What happens:** specify, child, employ, mark, return · **To what, where:** object, youngest child, order, path

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e3:1
# text = Specify the object which the youngest child employed in order to mark the path by which his brothers returned home.
1	Specify	specify	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	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obl	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
20	home	home	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **child** |  | the object |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  | the youngest child *not said here* |  | order |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mark** | to-infinitive |  | the path |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination |
| 5 | **return** | past | child's brothers |  |  |  |  | by the path; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 {#o1}

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Fragments of firewood tied into bundles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e3:o1:1
# text = Fragments of firewood tied into bundles
1	Fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bundles	bundle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | Fragments of firewood |  |  |  | into bundles | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient into bundle=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Crumbs of bread taken from the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e3:o2:1
# text = Crumbs of bread taken from the kitchen
1	Crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle | Crumbs of bread |  |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from kitchen=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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White pebbles gathered from the river-side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e3:o3:1
# text = White pebbles gathered from the river-side
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | White pebbles |  |  | the river side |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from side=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Coins concealed beneath the father's stool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e3:o4:1
# text = Coins concealed beneath the father's stool
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	stool	stool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | Coins |  |  | the father's stool |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath stool=Location |

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