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title: Which object did the old toad give the maid to assist her in crossin… — Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the old toad give the maid to assist her in crossing the glass mountain? Exam question 1 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the…

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Which object did the old toad give the maid to assist her in crossing the glass mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, old toad · **What happens:** do, give, assist, cross · **To what, where:** maid, glass mountain

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» 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/1686-pg640-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e1:1
# text = Which object did the old toad give the maid to assist her in crossing the glass mountain?
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	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the old toad | the maid |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Theme |
| 3 | **assist** | to-infinitive | the old toad *not said here* |  | maid |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **cross** | gerund | the old toad *not said here* | the glass mountain |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient |

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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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three long silver needles from the old toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = three long silver needles from the old toad
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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three large needles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = three large needles
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	needles	needle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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three sharp swords

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = three sharp swords
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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two iron hooks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = two iron hooks
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hooks	hook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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