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title: Which of the following did Catherine attach to the door before she c… — Household Tales, Frederick and Catheri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did Catherine attach to the door before she carried it away? Exam question 1 of lesson 753 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: the door falls on the thieves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: the door falls o…

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Which of the following did Catherine attach to the door before she carried it away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** follow, attach, carry away · **To what, where:** door

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 753 «Household Tales, Frederick and Catherine: the door falls on the thieves» 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/753-pg2591-part29/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:753-pg2591-part29:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did Catherine attach to the door before she carried it away?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	Catherine	Catherine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	attach	attach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **attach** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of the following Catherine; to the door | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to door=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **carry away** | past | she | door |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 cheese and the butter pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:753-pg2591-part29:e1:o1:1
# text = the cheese and the butter pot
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	butter	butter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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the nuts and the vinegar bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:753-pg2591-part29:e1:o2:1
# text = the nuts and the vinegar bottle
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:753-pg2591-part29:e1:o3:1
# text = the nuts
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the bread and the wine jug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:753-pg2591-part29:e1:o4:1
# text = the bread and the wine jug
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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