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title: What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive? — Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive? Exam question 3 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

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What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bailiff · **What happens:** adopt, pursue · **To what, where:** pursuit, Andras

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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/1194-pg3027-part60/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e3:1
# text = What stratagem did the bailiff adopt in his pursuit of Andras Baive?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obl	_	_
2	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bailiff	bailiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Andras	Andras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	Baive	Baive	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | past · do-support | the bailiff |  |  | bailiff's pursuit of Andras |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pursue** |  | bailiff | Andras |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 {#o1}

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He brought his son along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e3:o1:1
# text = He brought his son along
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | He |  | his son |  |  | along *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He hid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e3:o2:1
# text = He hid
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He sent a letter to the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e3:o3:1
# text = He sent a letter to the king
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | a letter | the king |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination |

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

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He disguised himself as a Stalo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e3:o4:1
# text = He disguised himself as a Stalo
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  | as a Stalo | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination |

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