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title: What object did Andrew Coffey hear about before he saw the box? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: What object did Andrew Coffey hear about before he saw the box? Exam question 3 of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty…

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What object did Andrew Coffey hear about before he saw the box?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Andrew · **What happens:** do, hear, see · **To what, where:** box

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2016 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Andrew Coffey, part 35: Ivan's honesty and the lord's purse, then a haunted cabin and a man in a box» 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/2016-pg7885-part35/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e3:1
# text = What object did Andrew Coffey hear about before he saw the box?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Andrew	Andrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Coffey	Coffey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | object |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **hear** | present | Andrew |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | past | Andrew | the box |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus |

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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 blackthorn stick carried by the man who had bounced out of the cupboard in the cabin

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = a blackthorn stick carried by the man who had bounced out of the cupboard in the cabin
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	bounced	bounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a blackthorn stick *not said here* |  |  |  | by the man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bounce** | past · perfect | the man |  |  | the cupboard in the cabin |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out cupboard=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a club the robber had hidden in the hay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = a club the robber had hidden in the hay
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive |  | a club |  | the hay |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in hay=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a blackthorn carried by the man from the cupboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = a blackthorn carried by the man from the cupboard
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blackthorn	blackthorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a blackthorn *not said here* |  | the cupboard |  | by the man | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from cupboard=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a heavy iron cudgel carried by the man outside the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2016-pg7885-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = a heavy iron cudgel carried by the man outside the door
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a heavy iron cudgel *not said here* |  |  |  | by the man outside the door | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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