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title: What did the Editor state regarding the authorship of most of the ta… — The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Editor state regarding the authorship of most of the tales? Exam question 3 of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy…

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What did the Editor state regarding the authorship of most of the tales?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, regard · **To what, where:** Editor state

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» 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/1276-pg3454-part1/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e3:1
# text = What did the Editor state regarding the authorship of most of the tales?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Editor	Editor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	authorship	authorship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Editor state |  |  |  | regard the authorship of most of the tales | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Nobody really wrote most of the stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = Nobody really wrote most of the stories
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | Nobody | most of the stories |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Most were written by Homer alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = Most were written by Homer alone
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Homer	Homer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive | Homer | Most |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Most were from the Brothers Grimm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = Most were from the Brothers Grimm
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Brothers	Brother	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	Grimm	Grimm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | from the Most Brothers | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Most of the stories were first written down by monks and scholars in the old monasteries of Europe and Asia

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = Most of the stories were first written down by monks and scholars in the old monasteries of Europe and Asia
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	scholars	scholar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	monasteries	monastery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write down** | past · passive | monks and scholars | the Most stories |  | the old monasteries of Europe and Asia |  | first *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in monastery=Destination |

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