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title: Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl? — Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl? Exam question 4 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning gi…

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Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** convey · **To what, where:** son

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1925 «Grimm, Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle, part 1: a spinning girl's spindle leads a prince to her door» 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/1925-pg7277-part62/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e4:1
# text = Which object conveyed the King's son towards the dwelling of the girl?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conveyed	convey	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	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | past | which object | the King's son |  |  |  | towards the dwelling of the girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic |

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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 spindle, dancing ahead and dragging its long golden thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e4:o1:1
# text = the spindle, dancing ahead and dragging its long golden thread
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dance** | gerund | the spindle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drag** | gerund | the spindle *not said here* | spindle's long golden thread |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the wheel, trailing its silver cord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e4:o2:1
# text = the wheel, trailing its silver cord
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	trailing	trail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cord	cord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trail** | gerund | the wheel *not said here* | wheel's silver cord |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cord=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the spindle, dragging its long golden thread behind it across the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e4:o3:1
# text = the spindle, dragging its long golden thread behind it across the fields
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund | the spindle *not said here* | spindle's long golden thread |  | thread |  | across the fields | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the spindle, dragging its golden thread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1925-pg7277-part62:e4:o4:1
# text = the spindle, dragging its golden thread
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spindle	spindle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | gerund | the spindle *not said here* | spindle's golden thread |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme |

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