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title: What circumstance induces the turtle's army to abandon its advance? — Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His… · tree and pragmatics
description: What circumstance induces the turtle's army to abandon its advance? Exam question 2 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…

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What circumstance induces the turtle's army to abandon its advance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstance · **What happens:** induce, abandon, advance · **To what, where:** army, advance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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/1218-pg3282-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e2:1
# text = What circumstance induces the turtle's army to abandon its advance?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	induces	induce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	turtle	turtle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **induce** | present | what circumstance | the turtle's army |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient |
| 2 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | what circumstance *not said here* | circumstance's advance |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme advance=Source |
| 3 | **advance** |  | circumstance |  |  |  |  |  | nom advance «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A large tree that had fallen right across the only path through the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = A large tree that had fallen right across the only path through the forest
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | a large tree |  |  | the only path |  | through the forest; right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme across path=Initial\_Location through forest=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A flood that washed out the path ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = A flood that washed out the path ahead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash out** | past | a flood | the path |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fallen tree lying across their path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = A fallen tree lying across their path
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | a fallen tree *not said here* |  |  | their path |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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An obstruction in the form of a fallen tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1218-pg3282-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = An obstruction in the form of a fallen tree
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	obstruction	obstruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | a fallen tree |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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