--- title: Which of the following accurately states the circumstances under whi… — Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately states the circumstances under which Ball-Carrier's family came to suffer hardship? Exam question 3 of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» of the books course of Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1211-pg3282-part12/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ba…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1211-pg3282-part12/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished… Which of the following accurately states the circumstances under which Ball-Carrier's family came to suffer hardship? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** follow, state, come, suffer · **To what, where:** circumstances, hardship This is exam question 3 of lesson 1211 «Myths and Legends of the Sioux, How Ball-carrier Finished His Task, part 12: Lung-Woman is scalded and the Bad One drowns» 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/1211-pg3282-part12/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately states the circumstances under which Ball-Carrier's family came to suffer hardship? 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 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 under under ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 11 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 hardship hardship NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the circumstances | | | | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past | Ball Carrier's family | | | the circumstances | | | tree rules | | 4 | **suffer** | to-infinitive | Ball Carrier's family *not said here* | hardship | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hardship=Stimulus | 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} Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:e3:o1:1 # text = Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **die** | | Ball Carrier | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} After the Bad One's servant was set free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:e3:o2:1 # text = After the Bad One's servant was set free 1 After after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Bad Bad ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · passive | | | | | after the Bad One's servant | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Following the loss of their sacred lodge fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:e3:o3:1 # text = Following the loss of their sacred lodge fire 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 lodge lodge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **fire** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself, when no one remained to hunt and the stores ran out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1211-pg3282-part12:e3:o4:1 # text = Following the death of Ball-Carrier himself, when no one remained to hunt and the stores ran out 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Ball Ball PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Carrier Carrier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 remained remain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 stores store NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 20 out out ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **remain** | participle | no one | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run out** | past | the stores | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **die** | | Ball Carrier Carrier | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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