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title: What was the intention behind Walter's decision to proceed alone? — Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the intention behind Walter's decision to proceed alone? Exam question 3 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Wa…

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What was the intention behind Walter's decision to proceed alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** intention, Walter · **What happens:** be, proceed, decide

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1287 «Hemgard Tales, How Brave Walter Hunted Wolves, part 12: Walter sets off alone into the wood with his toys» 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/1287-pg3454-part12/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e3:1
# text = What was the intention behind Walter's decision to proceed alone?
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	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Walter	Walter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 intention behind Walter's decision |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **proceed** | to-infinitive | the intention behind Walter's decision *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **decide** |  | Walter |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «act transitive»: 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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To get the wolf skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e3:o1:1
# text = To get the wolf skin
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | the wolf skin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer skin=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To win the miller's praise and reward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e3:o2:1
# text = To win the miller's praise and reward
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	miller	miller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | to-infinitive |  | the miller's praise and reward |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Eventuality |
| 2 | **praise** |  | the miller |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To refute the charge that he was a coward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e3:o3:1
# text = To refute the charge that he was a coward
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	refute	refute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coward	coward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refute** | to-infinitive |  | the charge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a coward |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To prove he was not afraid of the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1287-pg3454-part12:e3:o4:1
# text = To prove he was not afraid of the wood
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	prove	prove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | of the wood; afraid *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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