--- title: Ascertain the object that "has keys but cannot open locks" in the we… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the object that "has keys but cannot open locks" in the well-known riddle. Exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words Ascertain the object that "has keys but cannot open locks" in the well-known riddle. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object · **What happens:** ascertain, have, not open, know · **To what, where:** object, keys, locks, known riddle This is exam question 2 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English 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/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the object that "has keys but cannot open locks" in the well-known riddle. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 locks lock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | the object | keys | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Patient | | 3 | **not** **open** *in a quote* | can | the object *not said here* | locks | | the known riddle | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent lock=Theme in riddle=Location | | 4 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} A padlock ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e2:o1:1 # text = A padlock 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 padlock padlock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A piano ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e2:o2:1 # text = A piano 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 piano piano NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A car ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e2:o3:1 # text = A car 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A door ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e2:o4:1 # text = A door 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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