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title: To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window? — Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasal… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window? Exam question 3 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at…

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To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** end · **What happens:** do, keep · **To what, where:** kitten, watch, window

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1842 «Indian Fairy Tales, Raja Rasalu: Rasalu outwits Sarkap at chaupur and wins Kokilan» 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/1842-pg7128-part26/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e3:1
# text = To what end did the kitten keep watch at the window?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | end | the kitten |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | present |  | watch |  | the window |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme at window=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}

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To warn the sleeping king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = To warn the sleeping king
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | the sleeping king |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To frighten off the rat Dhol Raja from the chaupur board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = To frighten off the rat Dhol Raja from the chaupur board
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	frighten	frighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	chaupur	chaupur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten off** | to-infinitive |  | the rat |  | the chaupur board |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rat=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To deter the rat Dhol Raja

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = To deter the rat Dhol Raja
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deter	deter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deter** | to-infinitive |  | the rat |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rat=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To deter the rat Dhol Raja and keep the kittens safe from the kiln

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1842-pg7128-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = To deter the rat Dhol Raja and keep the kittens safe from the kiln
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	deter	deter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	Dhol	Dhol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	Raja	Raja	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kittens	kitten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kiln	kiln	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deter** | to-infinitive |  | the rat |  |  |  |  | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer rat=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  |  | the kittens | the kiln |  | safe *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer kitten=Beneficiary from kiln=Eventuality |

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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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