--- title: Which of the following shapes did the son assume in order to sell hi… — Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falc… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following shapes did the son assume in order to sell himself at the fair? Exam question 1 of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1097-pg29672-part3/e1/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1097-pg29672-part3/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring:… Which of the following shapes did the son assume in order to sell himself at the fair? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** following shapes · **What happens:** follow, do, assume, sell · **To what, where:** son, himself, fair This is exam question 1 of lesson 1097 «Russian Tales, Oh, the Greyhound, Falcon, Horse and Ring: the son's shape-changes end in a wedding» 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/1097-pg29672-part3/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:e1:1 # text = Which of the following shapes did the son assume in order to sell himself at the fair? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 shapes shape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 assume assume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 11 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 fixed _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | past | the following shapes | the son | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **assume** | infinitive | the following shapes *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **sell** | to-infinitive | the following shapes *not said here* | himself *= he* | | the fair | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent himself=Theme at fair=Asset | 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} A horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:e1:o1:1 # text = A horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A golden-maned war charger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:e1:o2:1 # text = A golden-maned war charger 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 maned maned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 charger charger NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A fine grey stallion ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:e1:o3:1 # text = A fine grey stallion 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 stallion stallion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A donkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1097-pg29672-part3:e1:o4:1 # text = A donkey 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 donkey donkey 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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