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description: Pursuant to the text, for what purpose did the Bad One order that the boy be kept alive for two further days? Exam question 1 of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fatt…

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Pursuant to the text, for what purpose did the Bad One order that the boy be kept alive for two further days?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose · **What happens:** do, keep · **To what, where:** Bad One order, boy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1210 «Indian Fairy Tales, Ball-Carrier, part 11: the boy is fattened up for a feast» 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/1210-pg3282-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the text, for what purpose did the Bad One order that the boy be kept alive for two further days?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nmod	_	_
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	One	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
19	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
22	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | purpose | the Bad One order |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive · passive |  | the boy |  |  | day | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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Since the boy was too thin to eat alone, so that he might be fed and watered well before dinner

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = Since the boy was too thin to eat alone, so that he might be fed and watered well before dinner
1	Since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	16	mark	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	watered	water	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the boy |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **feed** | might · passive |  | boy |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **water** | participle |  |  |  |  | before dinner | well *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as a feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as a feast
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | might | the boy |  |  | order |  | enough, fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a feast | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as feast=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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So the boy could learn to cook quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = So the boy could learn to cook quickly
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | could | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as the main dish at a feast for the water-demons

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1210-pg3282-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = In order that the boy might grow fat enough to serve as the main dish at a feast for the water-demons
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	demons	demon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | might | the boy |  |  | order |  | enough, fat *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Location |
| 2 | **serve** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the main dish at a feast for the water demons | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as dish=Attribute |

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