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title: Which object did the dwarf instruct Hans to extract from the church… — Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the dwarf instruct Hans to extract from the church wall? Exam question 3 of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the d…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which object did the dwarf instruct Hans to extract from the church wall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, dwarf · **What happens:** do, instruct, extract · **To what, where:** Hans, church wall

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1800 «Household Tales, Hans Who Feared Nothing: Hans meets the dwarfs and finds the hidden treasure» 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/1800-pg641-part51/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e3:1
# text = Which object did the dwarf instruct Hans to extract from the church wall?
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	5	det	_	_
5	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
6	instruct	instruct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	extract	extract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | the dwarf |  | Hans |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent han=Recipient |
| 3 | **extract** | to-infinitive | the dwarf *not said here* |  |  | the church wall |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial\_Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A loose tile by the church door, hidden under a pile of straw and old bricks

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e3:o1:1
# text = A loose tile by the church door, hidden under a pile of straw and old bricks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tile	tile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	bricks	brick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | a loose tile by the church door *not said here* |  | a pile of straw and old bricks |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under pile=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A loose stone in the north corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e3:o2:1
# text = A loose stone in the north corner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A loose stone located in the north corner of the church, hidden behind the old altar cloth and dust

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e3:o3:1
# text = A loose stone located in the north corner of the church, hidden behind the old altar cloth and dust
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	located	locate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | participle |  | a loose stone *not said here* |  | the north corner of the church |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | participle · passive |  | a loose stone |  | the old altar cloth and dust |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient behind cloth=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A loose board in the south aisle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1800-pg641-part51:e3:o4:1
# text = A loose board in the south aisle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	aisle	aisle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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