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title: On what object does the old woman's clothing become caught after the… — Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beaut… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what object does the old woman's clothing become caught after the king casts her out? Exam question 3 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: t…

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On what object does the old woman's clothing become caught after the king casts her out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, king · **What happens:** do, catch, cast out · **To what, where:** clothing, object

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1640 «Grimm, The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife, part 1: the servant finds soft hands, and the old bride is flung out» 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/1640-pg5615-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e3:1
# text = On what object does the old woman's clothing become caught after the king casts her out?
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	casts	cast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what object | the old woman's clothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **catch** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **cast out** | present | the king | object |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A nail projecting from the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = A nail projecting from the wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	projecting	project	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **project** | gerund | a nail *not said here* |  |  | the wall |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A rusty bolt on the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = A rusty bolt on the gate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gate	gate	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 nail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = A nail
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nail	nail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A branch of a nearby tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1640-pg5615-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = A branch of a nearby tree
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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