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title: What conclusion does the lion finally reach regarding the donkey's r… — Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What conclusion does the lion finally reach regarding the donkey's return? Exam question 1 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is c…

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What conclusion does the lion finally reach regarding the donkey's return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** conclusion, donkey · **What happens:** do, reach, regard, return · **To what, where:** lion

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» 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/1285-pg3454-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e1:1
# text = What conclusion does the lion finally reach regarding the donkey's return?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what conclusion | the lion |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reach** | present | what conclusion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | regard the donkey's return; finally *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **return** |  | the donkey |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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That the donkey had no heart at all inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = That the donkey had no heart at all inside
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
9	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | that donkey | no heart |  | all |  | inside *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the donkey was a witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = That the donkey was a witch
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that donkey | a witch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the hare had tricked him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = That the hare had tricked him
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past · perfect · passive |  | that hare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That the donkey had no heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = That the donkey had no heart
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | that donkey | no heart |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

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