--- title: With reference to the narrative, identify the object from which the… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and… · tree and pragmatics description: With reference to the narrative, identify the object from which the wife's requests are obtained in the course of the tale. Exam question 2 of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» of the book --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1938-pg7277-part75/e2/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1938-pg7277-part75/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greed… With reference to the narrative, identify the object from which the wife's requests are obtained in the course of the tale. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, wife · **What happens:** identify, obtain, request · **To what, where:** object, requests This is exam question 2 of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» 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/1938-pg7277-part75/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e2:1 # text = With reference to the narrative, identify the object from which the wife's requests are obtained in the course of the tale. 1 With with ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 requests request NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 obtained obtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | with reference to the narrative | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **obtain** | present · passive | | the wife's requests | | the object | | in the course of the tale | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from which=Source | | 3 | **request** | | the wife | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the flounder ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e2:o1:1 # text = the flounder 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flounder flounder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the magic sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e2:o2:1 # text = the magic sea 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e2:o3:1 # text = the fish 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e2:o4:1 # text = a fish 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish 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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