--- title: Why did the gnome perform the repeated counting of the turnips in th… — Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the gnome perform the repeated counting of the turnips in the meadow? Exam question 3 of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/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/) / [Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1252-pg3282-part53/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the… Why did the gnome perform the repeated counting of the turnips in the meadow? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gnome, turnips · **What happens:** perform, repeat, count · **To what, where:** repeated counting This is exam question 3 of lesson 1252 «Fairy Tales of Many Lands, The Gnome and the Princess: the princess tricks the gnome and escapes» 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/1252-pg3282-part53/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e3:1 # text = Why did the gnome perform the repeated counting of the turnips in the meadow? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 perform perform VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 counting counting NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 turnips turnip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | the gnome | the repeated counting of the turnips in the meadow | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counting=Theme | | 2 | **repeat** | participle | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **count** | | the turnips in the meadow | | | | | | nom counting «act intransitive»: of=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} to test the princess's patience at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e3:o1:1 # text = to test the princess's patience at night 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 test test VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **test** | to-infinitive | | the princess's patience | | | night | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} to win the princess's love ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e3:o2:1 # text = to win the princess's love 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 win win VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | to-infinitive | | the princess's love | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Eventuality | | 2 | **love** | | the princess | | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} to keep the turnips in order ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e3:o3:1 # text = to keep the turnips in order 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 turnips turnip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | the turnips | | order | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent turnip=Theme in order=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} to satisfy the princess's test of his truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1252-pg3282-part53:e3:o4:1 # text = to satisfy the princess's test of his truth 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 satisfy satisfy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **satisfy** | to-infinitive | | the princess's test of his truth | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus test=Experiencer | | 2 | **test** | | the princess | his truth | | | | | nom test «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | **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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