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title: According to the narrative, what object did the ogress conceal withi… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring,… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrative, what object did the ogress conceal within her body before she was made to expel it? Exam question 3 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is…

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According to the narrative, what object did the ogress conceal within her body before she was made to expel it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ogress, object · **What happens:** accord, conceal, make, expel · **To what, where:** object, body

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1834 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 18: the ring is stolen and the cat sets out to win it back» 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/1834-pg7128-part18/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e3:1
# text = According to the narrative, what object did the ogress conceal within her body before she was made to expel it?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	within	within	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	expel	expel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the ogress |  |  |  |  | accord the narrative; within ogress's body | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | past · passive |  | object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **expel** | to-infinitive | object *not said here* | body |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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the silver locket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e3:o1:1
# text = the silver locket
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	locket	locket	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 ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e3:o2:1
# text = the ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the golden band

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e3:o3:1
# text = the golden band
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the charmed ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1834-pg7128-part18:e3:o4:1
# text = the charmed ring
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	charmed	charm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charm** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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