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title: To what extent did the raven's assistance contribute to the retrieva… — Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Cova… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the raven's assistance contribute to the retrieval of the duck? Exam question 2 of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, d…

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To what extent did the raven's assistance contribute to the retrieval of the duck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** assistance, raven · **What happens:** contribute, assist, retrieve · **To what, where:** duck

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1185 «Celtic Tales, Covan son of Gorla: Covan catches the roe, duck and salmon and wins back his sister» 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/1185-pg3027-part51/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e2:1
# text = To what extent did the raven's assistance contribute to the retrieval of the duck?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	contribute	contribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	retrieval	retrieval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contribute** | past · do-support | the raven's assistance |  |  |  |  | to the retrieval of the duck | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to what=Recipient |
| 2 | **assist** |  | the raven |  |  |  |  |  | nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **retrieve** |  |  | the duck |  |  |  |  | nom retrieval «process transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It drove the duck toward him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e2:o1:1
# text = It drove the duck toward him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | It | the duck |  |  |  | toward duck | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent duck=Theme toward he=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It chased the duck toward the shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e2:o2:1
# text = It chased the duck toward the shore
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | It | the duck |  | the shore |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent duck=Theme toward shore=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lifted the duck to Covan's feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e2:o3:1
# text = It lifted the duck to Covan's feet
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Covan	Covan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lift** | past | It | the duck |  | Covan's feet |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent duck=Theme to foot=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It swooped down and carried the duck over the river to the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1185-pg3027-part51:e2:o4:1
# text = It swooped down and carried the duck over the river to the bank
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swooped	swoop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swoop down** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **carry** | past |  | the duck |  | the river |  | to the bank | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent duck=Theme to bank=Destination |

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