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title: Which objects did Rudy carry over the mountains on his homeward jour… — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which objects did Rudy carry over the mountains on his homeward journey? Exam question 1 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home…

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Which objects did Rudy carry over the mountains on his homeward journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rudy · **What happens:** object, carry, journey · **To what, where:** mountains

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» 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/858-pg27200-part69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e1:1
# text = Which objects did Rudy carry over the mountains on his homeward journey?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	objects	object	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **object** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carry** | past · do-support | Rudy |  |  | the mountains |  | on Rudy's homeward journey | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three silver cups, two handsome pistols, and a silver coffee-pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e1:o1:1
# text = three silver cups, two handsome pistols, and a silver coffee-pot
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three silver cups, two handsome pistols, a silver coffee-pot, a silver tray, a bundle of furs, and the eagle's old nest

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e1:o2:1
# text = three silver cups, two handsome pistols, a silver coffee-pot, a silver tray, a bundle of furs, and the eagle's old nest
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tray	tray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	furs	fur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three silver cups, two handsome pistols, a silver coffee-pot, a bag of cheese, and a hunting knife from the English gentleman

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e1:o3:1
# text = three silver cups, two handsome pistols, a silver coffee-pot, a bag of cheese, and a hunting knife from the English gentleman
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three silver cups, two handsome rifles, and a tin cooking-pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e1:o4:1
# text = three silver cups, two handsome rifles, and a tin cooking-pot
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rifles	rifle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pot** |  | a tin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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