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title: Which object did the narrator employ as a pillow, according to the t… — Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonde… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the narrator employ as a pillow, according to the text? Exam question 1 of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5…

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Which object did the narrator employ as a pillow, according to the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** employ, accord · **To what, where:** text

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1754 «Wonder Tales, The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars, part 5: the boy loses his cake and his head, then Mark the Rich plots against a baby» 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/1754-pg641-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e1:1
# text = Which object did the narrator employ as a pillow, according to the text?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	text	text	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 | **employ** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  | as a pillow | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as pillow=Attribute |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the text *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to text=Goal |

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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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a plain leather satchel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = a plain leather satchel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	satchel	satchel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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a plait of his own hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = a plait of his own hair
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plait	plait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the folded woollen cloak his grandmother had sewn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = the folded woollen cloak his grandmother had sewn
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	folded	fold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	woollen	woollen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	sewn	sew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fold** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sew** | past · perfect · passive | the folded woollen cloak *not said here* | his grandmother |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a plait of his own hair tied with thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1754-pg641-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = a plait of his own hair tied with thread
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plait	plait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle · passive |  | a plait of his own hair |  |  |  | with thread | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with thread=Co-Patient |

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