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title: Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighb… — Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the g… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighbours' conduct at the close of the tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's…

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Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighbours' conduct at the close of the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** neighbours · **What happens:** follow, be, conduct · **To what, where:** close

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1152 «Yule-Tide Stories, Mother Holle, the greedy stepdaughter's casket burns the cottage down» 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/1152-pg3027-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:e4:1
# text = Which of the following is the most appropriate account of the neighbours' conduct at the close of the tale?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the appropriate account; of the neighbours's conduct at the close of the tale | tree rules |
| 3 | **conduct** |  | the neighbours |  |  | the close of the tale |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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 {#o1}

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They gathered to celebrate the girl's wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = They gathered to celebrate the girl's wedding
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the girl's wedding |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme |
| 3 | **wed** |  | the girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They threw water on the burning roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = They threw water on the burning roof
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past | They | water |  | the burning roof |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on roof=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They rushed in to rescue the girl but failed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = They rushed in to rescue the girl but failed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushed	rush	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush in** | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |
| 3 | **fail** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They arrived too late to save the household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1152-pg3027-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = They arrived too late to save the household
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | They |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the household |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=Theme |

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