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description: State the reason the Mistress failed to rise at her customary hour on the morning following the cock's death. Exam question 3 of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock a…

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State the reason the Mistress failed to rise at her customary hour on the morning following the cock's death.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mistress, morning, cock · **What happens:** fail, not rise, follow, die · **To what, where:** reason, death

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 135 «Aesop, The Mistress and Her Servants: they kill the cock and wake up even earlier» 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/135-pg11339-part5/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:e3:1
# text = State the reason the Mistress failed to rise at her customary hour on the morning following the cock's death.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	customary	customary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past | the Mistress | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **rise** | to-infinitive | the Mistress *not said here* |  |  |  | hour; morning |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the morning *not said here* | the cock's death |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 4 | **die** |  | the cock |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: 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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The cock, which usually roused her, had been killed by the servants and no longer crowed at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:e3:o1:1
# text = The cock, which usually roused her, had been killed by the servants and no longer crowed at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	roused	rouse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	no	no	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	crowed	crow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rouse** | past | the cock | her *= she* |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | past · perfect · passive | the servants | the cock |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 3 | **crow** | participle | the servants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at all; long *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at all=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cock, which usually roused her, no longer crowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:e3:o2:1
# text = The cock, which usually roused her, no longer crowed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cock	cock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	roused	rouse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	no	no	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	crowed	crow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rouse** | past | the cock | her *= she* |  |  |  | usually *property* | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **crow** | participle | the cock *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The servants had locked her bedroom door that night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:e3:o3:1
# text = The servants had locked her bedroom door that night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · perfect · passive |  | the servants |  |  | night |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient door=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She had been out late at a neighbour's party and had drunk too much wine the night before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:135-pg11339-part5:e3:o4:1
# text = She had been out late at a neighbour's party and had drunk too much wine the night before
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	before	before	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | She |  |  | a neighbour's party |  | late, out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | past · perfect | She *not said here* | much wine |  |  | night | before *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient |

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