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title: Which of the following states the object John found missing upon wak… — Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following states the object John found missing upon waking? Exam question 1 of lesson 1901 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic plums, sells them, and unmasks the horned Princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic…

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Which of the following states the object John found missing upon waking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** follow, state, find, wake · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1901 «Fairy Tales, The Little Soldier, part 38: John eats magic plums, sells them, and unmasks the horned Princess» 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/1901-pg7277-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1901-pg7277-part38:e1:1
# text = Which of the following states the object John found missing upon waking?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	waking	wake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **find** | past | the object |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **wake** | gerund | the object *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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his purse, cloak and the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1901-pg7277-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = his purse, cloak and the Princess
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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his purse, cloak, shoes and the Princess too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1901-pg7277-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = his purse, cloak, shoes and the Princess too
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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his cloak, boots and the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1901-pg7277-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = his cloak, boots and the Princess
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his purse, cloak, horse and the Princess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1901-pg7277-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = his purse, cloak, horse and the Princess
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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