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title: What was the consequence of the theft committed by Bruno? — Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the consequence of the theft committed by Bruno? Exam question 3 of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…

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What was the consequence of the theft committed by Bruno?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, commit · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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/1448-pg503-part35/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:e3:1
# text = What was the consequence of the theft committed by Bruno?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Bruno	Bruno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the consequence |  |  |  | of the theft | tree rules |
| 2 | **commit** | participle |  | the consequence *not said here* |  |  |  | by Bruno | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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Felicia got a cabbage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = Felicia got a cabbage
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Felicia | a cabbage |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus |

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

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Felicia was left with a cabbage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = Felicia was left with a cabbage
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | Felicia |  |  |  | with a cabbage | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with cabbage=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Felicia was left with a turnip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = Felicia was left with a turnip
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	turnip	turnip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · passive |  | Felicia |  |  |  | with a turnip | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with turnip=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Felicia was given a stale loaf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1448-pg503-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = Felicia was given a stale loaf
1	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stale	stale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | Felicia |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient loaf=Theme |

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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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