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title: Which object did Gessler place upon the pole in the public square as… — Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Gessler place upon the pole in the public square as a token of submission? Exam question 2 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 2 · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

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Which object did Gessler place upon the pole in the public square as a token of submission?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Gessler place, public square

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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/348-pg18442-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e2:1
# text = Which object did Gessler place upon the pole in the public square as a token of submission?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
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	Gessler	Gessler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	submission	submission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | Gessler place |  | the public square |  | upon the pole; as a token of submission | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Eventuality |

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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 flag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = a flag
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a red banner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = a red banner
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	banner	banner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a crown of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = a crown of gold
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crown** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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his own cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = his own cap
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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