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title: Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return jou… — German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return journey, and for what purpose did he conceal it? Exam question 1 of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 1 · German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings ho…

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Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return journey, and for what purpose did he conceal it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, purpose, Peter · **What happens:** conceal, journey · **To what, where:** gold

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 688 «German Tales, The Horn of Plenty, part 28: Peter brings home a barrel of gold and meets a sad young lover» 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/688-pg2435-part28/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e1:1
# text = Which object did Peter conceal his gold within during his return journey, and for what purpose did he conceal it?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
18	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past · do-support | which object | Peter's gold |  |  |  | within Peter's return journey | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient |
| 2 | **conceal** | past · do-support | purpose | gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **journey** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act 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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A barrel of nails, placed at the bottom of the cart so that his wife and the whole village would not learn of the treasure he had carried home from the mountain

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e1:o1:1
# text = A barrel of nails, placed at the bottom of the cart so that his wife and the whole village would not learn of the treasure he had carried home from the mountain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
21	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	acl:relcl	_	_
30	home	home	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	from	from	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | participle |  | a barrel of nails *not said here* |  | the bottom of the cart |  | so his wife and the whole village | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at bottom=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **learn** | would | a barrel of nails |  |  |  |  | of the treasure | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of treasure=Topic |
| 3 | **carry** | past · perfect | he | the treasure *not said here* |  | the mountain |  | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A barrel of nails, so that his wife would not learn of the treasure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e1:o2:1
# text = A barrel of nails, so that his wife would not learn of the treasure
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	12	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | would | his wife |  |  |  |  | of the treasure | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of treasure=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A chest of old iron, so that his neighbours would never learn he had found the treasure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e1:o3:1
# text = A chest of old iron, so that his neighbours would never learn he had found the treasure
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	13	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | would | his neighbours |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | past · perfect | he | the treasure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A sack of wool, so that his greedy neighbours would never learn how rich he had become

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:688-pg2435-part28:e1:o4:1
# text = A sack of wool, so that his greedy neighbours would never learn how rich he had become
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wool	wool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
15	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | would | a sack of wool and his greedy neighbours |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **become** | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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