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title: Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king'… — Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king's recovery as narrated in the passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 3 · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

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Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king's recovery as narrated in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** follow, describe, narrate, recover · **To what, where:** sequence, recovery, passage

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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/1197-pg3027-part63/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e3:1
# text = Which of the following describes the sequence of events in the king's recovery as narrated in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	recovery	recovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the sequence of events in the king's recovery |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 3 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle |  | the king's recovery *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **recover** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom recovery «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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The foot was healed in a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e3:o1:1
# text = The foot was healed in a day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	healed	heal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | past · passive |  | the foot |  |  | day |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The wound was cured on each side, and the king tested his foot by leaping about

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e3:o2:1
# text = The wound was cured on each side, and the king tested his foot by leaping about
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	tested	test	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	leaping	leap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	about	about	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | past · passive |  | the wound |  | each side |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **test** | past | the king | king's foot |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
| 3 | **leap** | gerund | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The balsam was applied twice a day until the wound closed and the king rose

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e3:o3:1
# text = The balsam was applied twice a day until the wound closed and the king rose
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	balsam	balsam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | past · passive |  | the balsam |  |  | until the wound and the king rose; day | twice *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **close** | participle |  | the wound and the king rose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king's foot was bandaged each morning and the swelling slowly went down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e3:o4:1
# text = The king's foot was bandaged each morning and the swelling slowly went down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	bandaged	bandage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swelling	swelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bandage** | past · passive |  | the king's foot |  |  | morning |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **go down** | past | the swelling |  |  |  |  | down, slowly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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