--- title: Identify the outcome of Kabo's attempt to climb the cocoa-nut tree. — Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kab… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the outcome of Kabo's attempt to climb the cocoa-nut tree. Exam question 1 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1231-pg3282-part32/e1/) [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/) / [Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kab…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1231-pg3282-part32/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw… Identify the outcome of Kabo's attempt to climb the cocoa-nut tree. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Kabo · **What happens:** identify, climb, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, nut tree This is exam question 1 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» 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/1231-pg3282-part32/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e1:1 # text = Identify the outcome of Kabo's attempt to climb the cocoa-nut tree. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Kabo Kabo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 cocoa cocoa NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of Kabo's attempt | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme | | 2 | **climb** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the nut tree | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 3 | **attempt** | | Kabo | | | | | | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He slipped badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e1:o1:1 # text = He slipped badly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | past | He | | | | | badly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He failed by using only his knees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e1:o2:1 # text = He failed by using only his knees 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | He | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **use** | gerund | He *not said here* | his knees | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He failed by using both hands and feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e1:o3:1 # text = He failed by using both hands and feet 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | He | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **use** | gerund | He *not said here* | both hands and feet | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He failed after trying both his hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e1:o4:1 # text = He failed after trying both his hands 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 both both CCONJ CC _ 7 cc:preconj _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | He | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **try** | gerund | He *not said here* | his hands | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality | **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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