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title: Which object did the young master bestow upon the lady as a token of… — English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the young master bestow upon the lady as a token of his affection? Exam question 2 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel rev…

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Which object did the young master bestow upon the lady as a token of his affection?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** bestow

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1950 «English Fairy Tales, Cap o' Rushes: the master's gruel reveals the girl in rushes, and her father learns how much she loved him» 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/1950-pg7439-part9/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e2:1
# text = Which object did the young master bestow upon the lady as a token of his affection?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	bestow	bestow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bestow** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  | upon the lady; as a token of master's affection | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a belt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e2:o1:1
# text = a belt
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e2:o2:1
# text = a ring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a cup

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e2:o3:1
# text = a cup
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a pin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1950-pg7439-part9:e2:o4:1
# text = a pin
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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