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title: Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guine… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guinea pigs from the staircase? Exam question 2 of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, drea…

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Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guinea pigs from the staircase?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** blow, summon · **To what, where:** guinea pigs, staircase

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» 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/1789-pg641-part40/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e2:1
# text = Upon what object did the old woman blow in order to summon the guinea pigs from the staircase?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	guinea	guinea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · do-support | the old woman |  |  |  |  | in order | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Patient in order=Topic |
| 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* |  | the guinea pigs | the staircase |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pig=Recipient |

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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 little golden bell she shakes near the staircase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e2:o1:1
# text = A little golden bell she shakes near the staircase
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shakes	shake	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	staircase	staircase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** | present | a little golden bell |  |  | the staircase |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near staircase=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A tiny silver whistle she wears round her neck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e2:o2:1
# text = A tiny silver whistle she wears round her neck
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wears	wear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | a tiny silver whistle |  |  |  |  | round her neck | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A silver whistle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e2:o3:1
# text = A silver whistle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whistle	whistle	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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A brass trumpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e2:o4:1
# text = A brass trumpet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trumpet	trumpet	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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