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title: What is the principal purpose of Becasigue's concealment at the cott… — Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the principal purpose of Becasigue's concealment at the cottage wall? Exam question 2 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

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What is the principal purpose of Becasigue's concealment at the cottage wall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal purpose, concealment, Becasigue · **What happens:** be, purpose, conceal · **To what, where:** cottage wall

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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/1174-pg3027-part40/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e2:1
# text = What is the principal purpose of Becasigue's concealment at the cottage wall?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	Becasigue	Becasigue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the principal purpose of Becasigue's concealment at the cottage wall |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | Becasigue's concealment at the cottage wall |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **conceal** |  | Becasigue |  |  | the cottage wall |  |  | nom concealment «state 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To discover who the lady was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e2:o1:1
# text = To discover who the lady was
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discover	discover	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	ccomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the lady |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To ascertain the identity of the lady beyond and to decide whether to rescue her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e2:o2:1
# text = To ascertain the identity of the lady beyond and to decide whether to rescue her
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  | the identity of the lady |  |  |  | beyond *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |
| 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **rescue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To learn who is in the room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e2:o3:1
# text = To learn who is in the room
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the room |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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To ascertain the identity of the lady beyond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e2:o4:1
# text = To ascertain the identity of the lady beyond
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	identity	identity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	beyond	beyond	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  | the identity of the lady |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic |

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