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description: Which of the following accurately characterises the golden cock and silver hen? Exam question 3 of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Exam question 3 · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

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Which of the following accurately characterises the golden cock and silver hen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** golden cock

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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/1183-pg3027-part49/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately characterises the golden cock and silver hen?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 | **characteris** | present |  | the golden cock and silver hen |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:e3:o1:1
# text = they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	enticements	enticement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	divert	divert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as enticements | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as enticement=Attribute |
| 2 | **design** | participle |  | enticements *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **divert** | to-infinitive |  | the herdsman |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herdsman=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman from his duty and lead him far astray

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:e3:o2:1
# text = they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman from his duty and lead him far astray
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	enticements	enticement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	divert	divert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	astray	astray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as enticements | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as enticement=Attribute |
| 2 | **design** | participle |  | enticements *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **divert** | to-infinitive |  | the herdsman |  | his duty |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herdsman=Experiencer |
| 4 | **lead** | infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | astray *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman, and they were in fact the old man's own spirits in disguise

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:e3:o3:1
# text = they serve as enticements designed to divert the herdsman, and they were in fact the old man's own spirits in disguise
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	serve	serve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	enticements	enticement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	divert	divert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as enticements | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as enticement=Attribute |
| 2 | **design** | participle |  | enticements *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **divert** | to-infinitive |  | the herdsman |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herdsman=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | past | enticements *= enticement* |  |  | fact |  | the old man's own spirits in disguise *nmod* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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they function as temptations to distract the herder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:e3:o4:1
# text = they function as temptations to distract the herder
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	function	function	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	temptations	temptation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	distract	distract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	herder	herder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **function** | present | they |  |  |  |  | as temptations | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as temptation=Attribute |
| 2 | **distract** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the herder |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herder=Experiencer |

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