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description: Which object did the elves request from the first traveller, and for what purpose did they employ it? Exam question 3 of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» of the books c
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1…

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Which object did the elves request from the first traveller, and for what purpose did they employ it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, elves, purpose · **What happens:** do, request, employ · **To what, where:** first traveller, object

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 989 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer, part 1: four mice set out to learn how to make soup, and one of them meets elves at a Maypole dance» 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/989-pg27200-part200/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:e3:1
# text = Which object did the elves request from the first traveller, and for what purpose did they employ it?
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	elves	elf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	request	request	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 | **request** | present | the elves |  |  | the first traveller |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **employ** | past · do-support | purpose | object |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a sausage skewer, to erect a maypole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:e3:o1:1
# text = a sausage skewer, to erect a maypole
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	erect	erect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erect** | to-infinitive |  | a maypole |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maypole=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sausage skewer, to erect a tall maypole for the midsummer dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:e3:o2:1
# text = a sausage skewer, to erect a tall maypole for the midsummer dance
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	erect	erect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	maypole	maypole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	midsummer	midsummer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erect** | to-infinitive |  | a tall maypole |  |  |  | for the midsummer dance | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent maypole=Product for dance=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sausage skewer, for a dance hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:e3:o3:1
# text = a sausage skewer, for a dance hall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a sausage spit, to hang lamps on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:989-pg27200-part200:e3:o4:1
# text = a sausage spit, to hang lamps on
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
7	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | to-infinitive |  | lamps |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |

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