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title: Which of the following objects did the third son first discover upon… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following objects did the third son first discover upon the highway? Exam question 1 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Prince…

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Which of the following objects did the third son first discover upon the highway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, do, discover · **To what, where:** third son

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1748 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Blockhead-Hans: he wins the Princess with a crow, a shoe and mud» 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/1748-pg640-part72/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e1:1
# text = Which of the following objects did the third son first discover upon the highway?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
11	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	highway	highway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the third son |  |  |  | of the following objects | tree rules |
| 3 | **discover** | present |  |  |  |  |  | upon the highway; first *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a dead crow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e1:o1:1
# text = a dead crow
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a lost glove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e1:o2:1
# text = a lost glove
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	glove	glove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a muddy boot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e1:o3:1
# text = a muddy boot
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boot	boot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
an old horseshoe with the nails still in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1748-pg640-part72:e1:o4:1
# text = an old horseshoe with the nails still in
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	horseshoe	horseshoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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