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title: Identify the object whose loss causes the pursuing sons to abandon t… — Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the object whose loss causes the pursuing sons to abandon their chase of the protagonist. Exam question 3 of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

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Identify the object whose loss causes the pursuing sons to abandon their chase of the protagonist.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, object, sons · **What happens:** identify, cause, abandon, chase · **To what, where:** pursuing sons, chase, protagonist

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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/1329-pg3454-part54/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:e3:1
# text = Identify the object whose loss causes the pursuing sons to abandon their chase of the protagonist.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	chase	chase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **cause** | present | the object | the pursuing sons |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition son=Patient |
| 3 | **abandon** | to-infinitive | the object *not said here* | sons's chase of the protagonist |  |  |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme chase=Source |
| 4 | **chase** |  | sons *= son* | the protagonist |  |  |  |  | nom chase «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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The feather, which she tosses to a pig in the yard.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:e3:o1:1
# text = The feather, which she tosses to a pig in the yard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feather	feather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tosses	toss	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | present | the feather |  | a pig |  |  | in the yard | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent to pig=Recipient in yard=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The necklace, which she quickly flings around the neck of a grunting pig in the yard, causing its magic to vanish completely.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:e3:o2:1
# text = The necklace, which she quickly flings around the neck of a grunting pig in the yard, causing its magic to vanish completely.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	flings	fling	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	around	around	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	grunting	grunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	vanish	vanish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
24	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | present | the necklace |  |  | the neck of a grunting pig in the yard |  | quickly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent which=Theme around neck=Destination |
| 2 | **cause** | gerund | the necklace *not said here* | necklace's magic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **vanish** | to-infinitive | necklace's magic *not said here* |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The necklace, which she flings about the neck of a pig.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:e3:o3:1
# text = The necklace, which she flings about the neck of a pig.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flings	fling	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fling** | present | the necklace |  |  |  |  | about the neck of a pig | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent about neck=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The copper pin, which the chasers see her toss into the mud, and which they then chase instead of the girl herself.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1329-pg3454-part54:e3:o4:1
# text = The copper pin, which the chasers see her toss into the mud, and which they then chase instead of the girl herself.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pin	pin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chasers	chaser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	toss	toss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
19	chase	chase	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
20	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the copper pin | her toss |  | the mud |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **chase** | present | chasers *= chaser* | girl |  |  | then | instead the girl | tree rules |
| 3 | **toss** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom toss «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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