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title: Which enumerated objects did Ring request from the Giant, and what w… — Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: bar… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which enumerated objects did Ring request from the Giant, and what was the outcome of his selection? Exam question 4 of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, th…

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Which enumerated objects did Ring request from the Giant, and what was the outcome of his selection?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** objects, his · **What happens:** enumerate, do, be, select · **To what, where:** Ring request, outcome

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1731 «Norse Tales, Prince Ring, part 55: barrel to an island, the Giant's service, the wild oxen» 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/1731-pg640-part55/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e4:1
# text = Which enumerated objects did Ring request from the Giant, and what was the outcome of his selection?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enumerated	enumerate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	Ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	selection	selection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enumerate** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past | objects | Ring request |  |  |  | from the Giant | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of his selection | tree rules |
| 4 | **select** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom selection «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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a sack of coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e4:o1:1
# text = a sack of coins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the Giant's old sword

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e4:o2:1
# text = the Giant's old sword
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the parlour contents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e4:o3:1
# text = the parlour contents
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	parlour	parlour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the contents of the locked parlour room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1731-pg640-part55:e4:o4:1
# text = the contents of the locked parlour room
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	parlour	parlour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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