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title: Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon he… — Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Br… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon her third appearance? Exam question 2 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

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Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon her third appearance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, secure · **To what, where:** cook employ, order, duck

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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/1663-pg5615-part52/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e2:1
# text = Which object did the cook employ in order to secure the duck upon her third appearance?
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	6	det	_	_
5	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	amod	_	_
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 | the cook employ |  | order |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the duck |  |  |  | upon object's third appearance | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition duck=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A hook, dropped into the water by the palace wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e2:o1:1
# text = A hook, dropped into the water by the palace wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | participle |  | a hook *not said here* |  | the water |  | by the palace wall | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent into water=Destination by wall=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sack, thrown over her near the kitchen door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e2:o2:1
# text = A sack, thrown over her near the kitchen door
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | a sack *not said here* |  | the kitchen door |  | over her *= she* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent over she=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e2:o3:1
# text = A cage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A net, cast over her as she emerged from the drain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e2:o4:1
# text = A net, cast over her as she emerged from the drain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	net	net	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cast	cast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	emerged	emerge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emerge** | past | a net and cast over her |  |  | the drain |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from drain=Initial\_Location |

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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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