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description: With reference to the text, determine the reason the youngest sister rolled a golden apple toward the Knight's feet. Exam question 2 of lesson 130 «Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden apples: the Knight marries Two-Eyes and her sisters come begging» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden ap…

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With reference to the text, determine the reason the youngest sister rolled a golden apple toward the Knight's feet.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, youngest sister · **What happens:** determine, roll · **To what, where:** reason, golden apple, feet

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 130 «Grimm's Tales, Two-Eyes, the silver tree and the golden apples: the Knight marries Two-Eyes and her sisters come begging» 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/130-pg11027-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:130-pg11027-part33:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, determine the reason the youngest sister rolled a golden apple toward the Knight's feet.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Knight	Knight	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  | with reference to the text | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **roll** | past | the youngest sister | a golden apple |  | the Knight's feet |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent apple=Theme toward foot=Trajectory |

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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 please the Knight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:130-pg11027-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = To please the Knight
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	please	please	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | to-infinitive |  | the Knight |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus knight=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because she was angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:130-pg11027-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = Because she was angry
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the Knight commanded her to show him the golden fruit of the magic tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:130-pg11027-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = Because the Knight commanded her to show him the golden fruit of the magic tree
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | the Knight | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | the Knight *not said here* | the golden fruit of the magic tree | Knight |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient fruit=Topic |

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

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Because her sisters had not spoken the truth regarding the tree's ownership

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:130-pg11027-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = Because her sisters had not spoken the truth regarding the tree's ownership
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	ownership	ownership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | her sisters |  |  |  | regard the tree's ownership | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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