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title: Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beaut… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk of the kitchen upon receiving the Queen-mother's first instruction? Exam question 1 of lesson 1082 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 7: the Ogress-Queen orders her grandchildren and daughter-in-law to be eat
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part…

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Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk of the kitchen upon receiving the Queen-mother's first instruction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kitchen, clerk, Queen mother · **What happens:** follow, describe, receive, act, instruct · **To what, where:** action, first instruction

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1082 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, part 7: the Ogress-Queen orders her grandchildren and daughter-in-law to be eaten, the clerk saves them, and she orders a tub of snakes for them all» 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/1082-pg29021-part7/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1082-pg29021-part7:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the action of the clerk of the kitchen upon receiving the Queen-mother's first instruction?
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	accurately	accurately	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	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	23	amod	_	_
23	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	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 action of the clerk of the kitchen |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme |
| 3 | **receive** | gerund | the kitchen *not said here* | the Queen mother's first instruction |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |
| 4 | **act** |  | the clerk of the kitchen |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **instruct** |  | the Queen mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication 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}

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He concealed the child and substituted a lamb.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1082-pg29021-part7:e1:o1:1
# text = He concealed the child and substituted a lamb.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	substituted	substitute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | He | the child |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 2 | **substitute** | past | He *not said here* | a lamb |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme lamb=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He refused the order and killed the Queen.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1082-pg29021-part7:e1:o2:1
# text = He refused the order and killed the Queen.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He | the order |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **kill** | past | He *not said here* | the Queen |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He carried the child to the Ogress at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1082-pg29021-part7:e1:o3:1
# text = He carried the child to the Ogress at once.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | the child |  | the Ogress |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to ogress=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He concealed the child and substituted a lamb, then warned the Queen's family in secret about the Ogress.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1082-pg29021-part7:e1:o4:1
# text = He concealed the child and substituted a lamb, then warned the Queen's family in secret about the Ogress.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	substituted	substitute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lamb	lamb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Ogress	ogress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | He | the child |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 2 | **substitute** | past | He *not said here* | a lamb |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Theme lamb=Location |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | He *not said here* | the Queen's family |  | secret | then | about the Ogress | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent family=Recipient about ogress=Topic |

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