--- title: Which object did the father bring home at the request of his younger… — Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object did the father bring home at the request of his younger daughter? Exam question 2 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/759-pg2591-part35/e2/) [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/) / [Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/759-pg2591-part35/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother se… Which object did the father bring home at the request of his younger daughter? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** bring, request · **To what, where:** request, younger daughter This is exam question 2 of lesson 759 «Household Tales, Ashputtel, part 35: a cruel stepmother sets impossible tasks, and a hazel-tree brings Ashputtel a golden dress for the king's feast» 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/759-pg2591-part35/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e2:1 # text = Which object did the father bring home at the request of his younger daughter? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 14 amod _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · do-support | which object | | | the request of father's younger daughter | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **request** | | | father's younger daughter | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} A lady's riding crop ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e2:o1:1 # text = A lady's riding crop 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A hazel twig ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e2:o2:1 # text = A hazel twig 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 twig twig NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A basket of fruit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e2:o3:1 # text = A basket of fruit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A silver goblet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:759-pg2591-part35:e2:o4:1 # text = A silver goblet 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 silver silver ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 goblet goblet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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