--- title: Which of the following did Toueno-Boueno use to persuade the farmers… — Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: th… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following did Toueno-Boueno use to persuade the farmers to spare his life? Exam question 1 of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» of the books course of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1295-pg3454-part20/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1295-pg3454-part20/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the far… Which of the following did Toueno-Boueno use to persuade the farmers to spare his life? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toueno · **What happens:** follow, use, persuade, spare · **To what, where:** farmers, life This is exam question 1 of lesson 1295 «Fairy Book, Toueno-Boueno, part 20: the boy tricks the farmers and sends them to their deaths in the river, and a new tale, The Brown Bear of Norway, begins» 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/1295-pg3454-part20/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:e1:1 # text = Which of the following did Toueno-Boueno use to persuade the farmers to spare his life? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 6 Toueno Toueno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Boueno Boueno PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 9 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **use** | past · do-support | Toueno | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | Toueno *not said here* | the farmers | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Patient | | 4 | **spare** | to-infinitive | Toueno *not said here* | Toueno's life | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | 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} A golden whistle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:e1:o1:1 # text = A golden whistle 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A magic sack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:e1:o2:1 # text = A magic sack 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A whistle which he claimed could restore the dead to life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:e1:o3:1 # text = A whistle which he claimed could restore the dead to life 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | a whistle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **restore** | could | a whistle | the dead | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dead=Theme to life=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} A flute which he claimed could raise the dead from the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1295-pg3454-part20:e1:o4:1 # text = A flute which he claimed could raise the dead from the river 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 claimed claim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | a flute | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **raise** | could | a flute | the dead | | the river | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dead=Theme from river=Destination | **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. 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