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title: Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carr… — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carried upon his back during his journey? Exam question 2 of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Bab…

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Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carried upon his back during his journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rudy · **What happens:** follow, describe, carry, journey · **To what, where:** object

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 856 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 67: Rudy learns Babette is away and climbs the mountains after her» 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/856-pg27200-part67/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:e2:1
# text = Which of the following correctly describes the object that Rudy carried upon his back during his journey?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  | the object |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | past | Rudy | the object *not said here* |  |  | during Rudy's journey | upon Rudy's back | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |
| 4 | **journey** |  | Rudy |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 knapsack containing his Sunday clothes and his grandfather's old hunting horn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:e2:o1:1
# text = a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes and his grandfather's old hunting horn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | gerund | a knapsack and his grandfather's old hunting horn *not said here* | his Sunday clothes |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot clothes=Theme |

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

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a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:e2:o2:1
# text = a knapsack containing his Sunday clothes
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	containing	contain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a wooden staff and a tin cup of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:e2:o3:1
# text = a wooden staff and a tin cup of water
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a heavy knapsack holding his Sunday clothes, bread, and a small cheese for the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:856-pg27200-part67:e2:o4:1
# text = a heavy knapsack holding his Sunday clothes, bread, and a small cheese for the road
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | a heavy knapsack and a small cheese for the road *not said here* | his Sunday clothes and bread |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme |

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