--- title: Which object did the young sovereign first open upon the study table? — Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the young sovereign first open upon the study table? Exam question 1 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/634-pg23661-part2/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon fli… Which object did the young sovereign first open upon the study table? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** young sovereign This is exam question 1 of lesson 634 «Nesbit's tales, The Book of Beasts, part 2: the Dragon flies out, takes the soccer game, and ends Parliament» 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/634-pg23661-part2/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e1:1 # text = Which object did the young sovereign first open upon the study table? 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which object | the young sovereign | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sovereign=Eventuality | 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} The large brown book that lay on the study table ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e1:o1:1 # text = The large brown book that lay on the study table 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | the large brown book | | | the study table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on table=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Tale of Monsters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e1:o2:1 # text = The Tale of Monsters 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Tale Tale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Monsters Monster PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Book of Beasts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e1:o3:1 # text = The Book of Beasts 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Beasts Beast PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Book of Dragons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:634-pg23661-part2:e1:o4:1 # text = The Book of Dragons 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Dragons Dragon PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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