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title: Which object did the youth bring forth from the subterranean tower? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Wen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the youth bring forth from the subterranean tower? Exam question 4 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn Wha…

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Which object did the youth bring forth from the subterranean tower?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, youth · **What happens:** do, bring · **To what, where:** subterranean tower

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 767 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: the youth calms the dogs, hears the frogs, and becomes Pope» 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/767-pg2591-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e4:1
# text = Which object did the youth bring forth from the subterranean tower?
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	5	det	_	_
5	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	subterranean	subterranean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | present | the youth |  |  | the subterranean tower |  | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from tower=Initial\_Location |

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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 purse of coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = A purse of coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purse	purse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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A chest containing gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = A chest containing gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | gerund | a chest *not said here* | gold |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A large iron chest packed tightly with ancient gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = A large iron chest packed tightly with ancient gold
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pack** | participle |  | a large iron chest *not said here* |  |  |  | with ancient gold; tightly *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A trunk holding jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:767-pg2591-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = A trunk holding jewels
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | a trunk *not said here* | jewels |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme |

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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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