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title: Which of the following correctly identifies the object the Princess… — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following correctly identifies the object the Princess left in the Irishman's keeping before her departure? Exam question 3 of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

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Which of the following correctly identifies the object the Princess left in the Irishman's keeping before her departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Princess · **What happens:** follow, identify, leave, keep, depart · **To what, where:** object, Irishman, departure

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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/1735-pg640-part59/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:e3:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the object the Princess left in the Irishman's keeping before her departure?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Irishman	Irishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
17	before	before	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent object=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **leave** | past | the Princess |  |  |  |  | in the Irishman *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in irishman=Result |
| 4 | **keep** | gerund | the Princess *not said here* |  |  | Princess's departure |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent before departure=Location |
| 5 | **depart** |  | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 small iron rod, carved all over, that could wake any sleeper in the house at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:e3:o1:1
# text = A small iron rod, carved all over, that could wake any sleeper in the house at once
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	sleeper	sleeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | past | a small iron rod *not said here* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wake** | could | a small iron rod | any sleeper |  | the house |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sleeper=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A little rod with which he could wake each of the sleeping men in the room whenever he chose

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:e3:o2:1
# text = A little rod with which he could wake each of the sleeping men in the room whenever he chose
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
17	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	19	advmod	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | could | he | each |  | the room |  | with a little rod | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent each=Patient with which=Instrument |
| 2 | **choose** | past | he |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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A little rod for waking the sleeping men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:e3:o3:1
# text = A little rod for waking the sleeping men
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | gerund | a little rod *not said here* | the sleeping men |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent man=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small wand that opens locked doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1735-pg640-part59:e3:o4:1
# text = A small wand that opens locked doors
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wand	wand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | a small wand | locked doors |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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