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title: Which object did the old man strike with the silver staff? — pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the old man strike with the silver staff? Exam question 1 of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the…

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Which object did the old man strike with the silver staff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** old man strike

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1752 «pg641, Elsa, part 3: Elsa stays with the lady, learns the thirteenth dish is forbidden, and must leave the house» 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/1752-pg641-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e1:1
# text = Which object did the old man strike with the silver staff?
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	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	strike	strike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 old man strike |  |  |  | with the silver staff | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strike=Eventuality |

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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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the wooden gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = the wooden gate
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gate	gate	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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the thirteenth dish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = the thirteenth dish
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thirteenth	thirteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dish	dish	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 granite block

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = the granite block
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	block	block	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 golden table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1752-pg641-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = the golden table
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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