what is the direct object in this sentence?

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What is the direct object in this entence/ Socrates desired that his house be full of true friends.

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That introduces a clause, and a clause can function as a the object of a verb. Moreover, the direct object is the answer to the question, What did Socrates desire?

Ex: Socrates desired <verb's object here> .
Ex: What did Socrates desire?

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You may want to have a look here, The five basic sentence sentence types