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title: Into which receptacle did Father Gatto propose to immerse Lizina? — Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Into which receptacle did Father Gatto propose to immerse Lizina? Exam question 4 of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's t…

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Into which receptacle did Father Gatto propose to immerse Lizina?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Father · **What happens:** propose, immerse · **To what, where:** receptacle, Lizina

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 719 «Violet Fairy Book, The Colony of Cats, part 1: Labakan's tailor shop and Lizina's first days with the cats» 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/719-pg2435-part59/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:e4:1
# text = Into which receptacle did Father Gatto propose to immerse Lizina?
1	Into	into	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Gatto	Gatto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	immerse	immerse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
10	Lizina	Lizina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present | Father |  |  | which receptacle |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **immerse** | to-infinitive | Father *not said here* |  | Lizina |  |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent lizina=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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One of the earthenware jars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:e4:o1:1
# text = One of the earthenware jars
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One of the wooden barrels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:e4:o2:1
# text = One of the wooden barrels
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	barrels	barrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One of the big earthenware jars in the cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:e4:o3:1
# text = One of the big earthenware jars in the cellar
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The largest earthenware jar, filled with oil and honey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:719-pg2435-part59:e4:o4:1
# text = The largest earthenware jar, filled with oil and honey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	earthenware	earthenware	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	jar	jar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | participle |  | the largest earthenware jar *not said here* |  |  |  | with oil and honey | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with oil=Instrument |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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