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title: What was the name by which the animals of the forest came to know th… — Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the name by which the animals of the forest came to know the strange creature in the honey-covered disguise? Exam question 4 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

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What was the name by which the animals of the forest came to know the strange creature in the honey-covered disguise?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** name, animals · **What happens:** be, come, know, cover · **To what, where:** strange creature, covered disguise

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» 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/1260-pg3282-part61/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e4:1
# text = What was the name by which the animals of the forest came to know the strange creature in the honey-covered disguise?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
20	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	amod	_	_
23	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the name |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the animals of the forest |  |  |  |  | by the name | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | the animals of the forest *not said here* | the strange creature |  | the covered disguise |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer creature=Stimulus |
| 4 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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The Green Man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e4:o1:1
# text = The Green Man
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Green Spirit Thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e4:o2:1
# text = Green Spirit Thing
1	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mossy Creature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e4:o3:1
# text = The Mossy Creature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mossy	mossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Jack-in-the-Green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e4:o4:1
# text = Jack-in-the-Green
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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