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title: Which of the following describes the location of the pedlar's treasu… — English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the location of the pedlar's treasure, as stated by the shopkeeper in the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…

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Which of the following describes the location of the pedlar's treasure, as stated by the shopkeeper in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pedlar · **What happens:** follow, describe, state, treasure · **To what, where:** location

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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/249-pg14241-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the location of the pedlar's treasure, as stated by the shopkeeper in the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the location of the pedlar's treasure |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the shopkeeper in the narrative | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **treasure** |  | the pedlar |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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An oak in Swaffham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = An oak in Swaffham
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Swaffham	Swaffham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Behind a pedlar's house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = Behind a pedlar's house
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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An oak-tree in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = An oak-tree in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Swaffham	Swaffham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pear tree in a field behind a merchant's barn in the town of Lynn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:249-pg14241-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = A pear tree in a field behind a merchant's barn in the town of Lynn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Lynn	Lynn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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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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