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title: With what implement did the protagonist's father chastise him upon t… — English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Tabl… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what implement did the protagonist's father chastise him upon the second occasion? Exam question 2 of lesson 1973 «English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Jack gets three magic gifts, loses two, and wins his sweetheart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Ja…

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With what implement did the protagonist's father chastise him upon the second occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** chastise · **To what, where:** implement

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1973 «English Fairy Tales, The Ass, the Table, and the Stick: Jack gets three magic gifts, loses two, and wins his sweetheart» 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/1973-pg7439-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1973-pg7439-part32:e2:1
# text = With what implement did the protagonist's father chastise him upon the second occasion?
1	With	with	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	implement	implement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	chastise	chastise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	amod	_	_
14	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chastise** | past · do-support | the protagonist's father | implement |  |  |  | upon the second occasion | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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With a warming-pan taken from the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1973-pg7439-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = With a warming-pan taken from the wall
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	warming	warming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a warming pan *not said here* |  | the wall |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With his own bare fists and a big leather belt taken from the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1973-pg7439-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = With his own bare fists and a big leather belt taken from the wall
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fists	fist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a big leather belt *not said here* |  | the wall |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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With a heavy warming-pan taken from the wall of the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1973-pg7439-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = With a heavy warming-pan taken from the wall of the kitchen
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	warming	warming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pan	pan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | a heavy warming pan *not said here* |  | the wall of the kitchen |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With a wooden spoon from the hearth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1973-pg7439-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = With a wooden spoon from the hearth
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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