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title: Which of the following is the correct reason that the fisherman's wi… — Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the correct reason that the fisherman's wife sailed out to sea with stones? Exam question 1 of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 1 · Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more an…

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Which of the following is the correct reason that the fisherman's wife sailed out to sea with stones?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** follow, be, sail out · **To what, where:** sea

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1314 «Finnish Tales, Matte and Maie, part 39: Maie wants more and more, then throws stones at the sea-king» 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/1314-pg3454-part39/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the correct reason that the fisherman's wife sailed out to sea with stones?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	out	out	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the correct reason | tree rules |
| 3 | **sail out** | past | the fisherman's wife |  |  | sea |  | with stones; out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To fill the sea with stones and enlarge the island for cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e1:o1:1
# text = To fill the sea with stones and enlarge the island for cows
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | the sea |  |  |  | with stones | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sea=Patient with stone=Instrument |
| 2 | **enlarge** | infinitive |  | the island |  |  |  | for cows | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent island=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To fill the sea and enlarge the island so her husband can fish in peace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e1:o2:1
# text = To fill the sea and enlarge the island so her husband can fish in peace
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	fish	fish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |
| 2 | **enlarge** | infinitive |  | the island |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent island=Patient |
| 3 | **fish** | can | her husband |  |  | peace |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in peace=Location |

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

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To fill the sea and enlarge the island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e1:o3:1
# text = To fill the sea and enlarge the island
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	enlarge	enlarge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |
| 2 | **enlarge** | infinitive |  | the island |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent island=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To fish for the sea-king's gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1314-pg3454-part39:e1:o4:1
# text = To fish for the sea-king's gold
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fish	fish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the sea king's gold | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for gold=Theme |

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