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title: Identify the object which the old woman occupied last in the house o… — English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Cast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object which the old woman occupied last in the house of the three bears. Exam question 2 of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…

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Identify the object which the old woman occupied last in the house of the three bears.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, old woman · **What happens:** identify, occupy · **To what, where:** object, house

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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/1956-pg7439-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:e2:1
# text = Identify the object which the old woman occupied last in the house of the three bears.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 2 | **occupy** | past | the old woman | the object |  | the house of the three bears |  | last *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer |

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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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the chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear that broke under her weight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = the chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear that broke under her weight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	Wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | Small Wee Bear |  |  | her weight |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under weight=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the bed of the Little, Small, Wee Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = the bed of the Little, Small, Wee Bear
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	Wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Middle Bear's chair beside the big fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = the Middle Bear's chair beside the big fire
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bear	Bear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = the chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	Wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Bear	bear	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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