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# Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

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To which of the following does the fox's successful rescue of the princess most directly lead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fox · **What happens:** follow, rescue · **To what, where:** princess

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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/1237-pg3282-part38/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:e1:1
# text = To which of the following does the fox's successful rescue of the princess most directly lead?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	lead	lead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 | **rescue** |  | the fox | the princess  lead |  |  |  |  | nom rescue «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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 sudden disappearance of the palace and all its guards into the sea at midnight

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:e1:o1:1
# text = The sudden disappearance of the palace and all its guards into the sea at midnight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disappear** |  | the palace and disappearance's guards |  |  | the sea |  | at midnight | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent into=place at=obl |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The king's decision to send the boy away to fetch more golden hens from the distant east

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:e1:o2:1
# text = The king's decision to send the boy away to fetch more golden hens from the distant east
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	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	13	advmod	_	_
13	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | to-infinitive |  | the boy |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | golden hens |  | the distant east |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hen=Theme from east=Source |
| 3 | **decide** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The petrifaction of the giants at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:e1:o3:1
# text = The petrifaction of the giants at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	petrifaction	petrifaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **petrify** |  |  | the giants at dawn |  |  |  |  | nom petrifaction «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fox's escape from the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1237-pg3282-part38:e1:o4:1
# text = The fox's escape from the castle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** |  | the fox |  |  | the castle |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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