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title: Explain the reason which induced the parents to resolve upon abandon… — Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain the reason which induced the parents to resolve upon abandoning their children in the forest. Exam question 4 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

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Explain the reason which induced the parents to resolve upon abandoning their children in the forest.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, reason · **What happens:** explain, induce, resolve, abandon · **To what, where:** reason, parents, children, forest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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/1467-pg503-part54/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e4:1
# text = Explain the reason which induced the parents to resolve upon abandoning their children in the forest.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	induced	induce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	resolve	resolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **induce** | past | the reason | the parents |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient |
| 3 | **resolve** | to-infinitive | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **abandon** | gerund | the reason *not said here* | parents's children |  | the forest |  |  | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme child=Source |

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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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A desire to acquire a larger dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e4:o1:1
# text = A desire to acquire a larger dwelling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  | a larger dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dwelling=Theme |

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

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Extreme poverty occasioned by a grievous famine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e4:o2:1
# text = Extreme poverty occasioned by a grievous famine
1	Extreme	extreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grievous	grievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occasion** | participle |  | Extreme poverty *not said here* |  |  |  | by a grievous famine | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The discovery of theft committed by the sons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e4:o3:1
# text = The discovery of theft committed by the sons
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | participle | the discovery of theft |  |  |  |  | by the sons | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **discover** |  |  | theft |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wish to be relieved of household duties

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1467-pg503-part54:e4:o4:1
# text = The wish to be relieved of household duties
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	relieved	relieve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	duties	duty	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of household duties | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: of duty=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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