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title: Which of the following was bequeathed by the miller to his youngest… — Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following was bequeathed by the miller to his youngest son? Exam question 1 of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks th…

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Which of the following was bequeathed by the miller to his youngest son?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** miller · **What happens:** follow, bequeath · **To what, where:** the

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1083 «Perrault's Tales, Puss in Boots, part 8: the Cat tricks the King with game, a river rescue and a fine suit, then reaches the Ogre's castle» 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/1083-pg29021-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e1:1
# text = Which of the following was bequeathed by the miller to his youngest son?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	13	amod	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **bequeath** | past · passive | the miller | the |  |  |  | to his youngest son | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal which=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = Hat
1	Hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = The cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = The mill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1083-pg29021-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = A mill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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