--- title: Which object did the gardener's daughter beat in order to summon the… — Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the gardener's daughter beat in order to summon the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1844-pg7128-part28/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1844-pg7128-part28/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden… Which object did the gardener's daughter beat in order to summon the King? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, daughter · **What happens:** do, beat, summon · **To what, where:** order, King This is exam question 1 of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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/1844-pg7128-part28/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e1:1 # text = Which object did the gardener's daughter beat in order to summon the King? 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 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 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 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **beat** | past | the gardener's daughter | | | order | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location | | 3 | **summon** | to-infinitive | the gardener's daughter *not said here* | | the King | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Her kettle-drum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e1:o1:1 # text = Her kettle-drum 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 2 kettle kettle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Her brass bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e1:o2:1 # text = Her brass bell 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Her small harp ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e1:o3:1 # text = Her small harp 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A drum ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:e1:o4:1 # text = A drum 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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