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title: Specify the consequence of the wolf's actions towards the grandmothe… — Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the consequence of the wolf's actions towards the grandmother and Little Red Riding-Hood. Exam question 4 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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Specify the consequence of the wolf's actions towards the grandmother and Little Red Riding-Hood.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wolf · **What happens:** specify, act · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e4:1
# text = Specify the consequence of the wolf's actions towards the grandmother and Little Red Riding-Hood.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	Riding	Riding	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	Hood	Hood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of the wolf's actions |  |  |  | towards the grandmother  Little Red and Hood | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme |
| 2 | **act** |  | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both are chased by the wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = Both are chased by the wolf
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | present · passive | the wolf | Both |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Both are consumed by the wolf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = Both are consumed by the wolf
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · passive | the wolf | Both |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = She is saved
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are saved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = Both are saved
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present · passive |  | Both |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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