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title: Which of the following identifies the object which the morning star… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following identifies the object which the morning star bestows upon the girl in order to effect her brothers' release? Exam question 4 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» of the books cour
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets…

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Which of the following identifies the object which the morning star bestows upon the girl in order to effect her brothers' release?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** morning star · **What happens:** follow, be, bestow · **To what, where:** object, effect

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» 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/778-pg2591-part54/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e4:1
# text = Which of the following identifies the object which the morning star bestows upon the girl in order to effect her brothers' release?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	bestows	bestow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
17	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	fixed	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	'	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the object | tree rules |
| 3 | **bestow** | present | the morning star | the object |  | effect  star's brothers's release |  | upon the girl | tree rules |

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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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a small piece of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e4:o1:1
# text = a small piece of wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a little golden ring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e4:o2:1
# text = a little golden ring
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a piece of wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e4:o3:1
# text = a piece of wood
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a tiny glass bottle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e4:o4:1
# text = a tiny glass bottle
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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