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description: Which object did the sportsman request from George in order to dispatch the white grouse? Exam question 1 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» of the books course of Mova
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# Exam question 1 · The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: Geor…

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Which object did the sportsman request from George in order to dispatch the white grouse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, dispatch · **To what, where:** sportsman request, George, white grouse

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 644 «The Magic City, The Slide to the North Pole, part 12: George and Jane race down a great ice slide and meet a sportsman, a collector and a white grouse» 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/644-pg23661-part12/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e1:1
# text = Which object did the sportsman request from George in order to dispatch the white grouse?
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	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	dispatch	dispatch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	grouse	grouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | the sportsman request |  | George |  | in order | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dispatch** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the white grouse |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grouse=Patient |

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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 squib, which George had produced from his pocket and was holding in his hand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e1:o1:1
# text = The squib, which George had produced from his pocket and was holding in his hand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squib	squib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past · perfect · passive |  | the squib |  | George's pocket |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from pocket=Material |
| 2 | **hold** | past · progressive | the squib |  |  | George's hand |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gun cartridges that George had hidden away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e1:o2:1
# text = The gun cartridges that George had hidden away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cartridges	cartridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide away** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gun cartridges |  |  |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The squib, which George had produced from his pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e1:o3:1
# text = The squib, which George had produced from his pocket
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squib	squib	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past · perfect · passive |  | the squib |  | George's pocket |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: subject=Result from pocket=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The gun that the sportsman had carried up the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:644-pg23661-part12:e1:o4:1
# text = The gun that the sportsman had carried up the hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sportsman	sportsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gun |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary hill=Value |

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