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description: On which night, and in what manner, did the principal robbery of the farmer's chest transpire? Exam question 3 of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy become…

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On which night, and in what manner, did the principal robbery of the farmer's chest transpire?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principal robbery · **What happens:** do, transpire · **To what, where:** principal robbery

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1277 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad, part 2: the boy becomes a thief's apprentice and robs a farmer at Hallowe'en» 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/1277-pg3454-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e3:1
# text = On which night, and in what manner, did the principal robbery of the farmer's chest transpire?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
19	transpire	transpire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the principal robbery |  |  | night |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robbery=Eventuality |
| 2 | **transpire** | infinitive | the principal robbery *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the farmer's chest | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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on Hallowe'en, while the household was distracted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = on Hallowe'en, while the household was distracted
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Hallowe'en	Hallowe'en	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	distracted	distract	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distract** | past · passive | Hallowe'en *not said here* | the household |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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at midnight in the cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = at midnight in the cold
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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in the morning, while the dog was sleeping by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = in the morning, while the dog was sleeping by the fire
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | the dog | the morning *not said here* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent morning=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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on a dark night, while all slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1277-pg3454-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = on a dark night, while all slept
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
8	slept	sleep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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