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title: Which object did the folk use to locate the buried Moon? — English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the folk use to locate the buried Moon? Exam question 1 of lesson 251 «English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury the Moon in the bog, and the marsh folk find her again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 1 · English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury th…

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Which object did the folk use to locate the buried Moon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** use, locate, bury · **To what, where:** buried Moon

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 251 «English Folk Tales, The Lost Moon: the Evil Things bury the Moon in the bog, and the marsh folk find her again» 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/251-pg14241-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:251-pg14241-part18:e1:1
# text = Which object did the folk use to locate the buried Moon?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	locate	locate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **locate** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the buried Moon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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the coffin, the candle, the cross and a bundle of dried straws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:251-pg14241-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = the coffin, the candle, the cross and a bundle of dried straws
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	straws	straw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the coffin, the lamp and the stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:251-pg14241-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = the coffin, the lamp and the stone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the coffin, the candle and the cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:251-pg14241-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = the coffin, the candle and the cross
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the coffin, the candle, the cross and the old brewpot from the mill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:251-pg14241-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = the coffin, the candle, the cross and the old brewpot from the mill
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	brewpot	brewpot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

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