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title: Which action enabled the youngest son to acquire the Ogre's seven-le… — Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action enabled the youngest son to acquire the Ogre's seven-league boots? Exam question 1 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks…

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Which action enabled the youngest son to acquire the Ogre's seven-league boots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** enable, acquire · **To what, where:** youngest son, league boots

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1469 «Perrault's Fairy Tales, Little Thumb: Little Thumb tricks the Ogre, steals his boots and gold, and grows rich» 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/1469-pg503-part56/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e1:1
# text = Which action enabled the youngest son to acquire the Ogre's seven-league boots?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enabled	enable	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | past | which action | the youngest son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **acquire** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the Ogre's league boots |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boot=Theme |

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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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He crept to the rock, lifted the boots, and carried them safely home to his father

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e1:o1:1
# text = He crept to the rock, lifted the boots, and carried them safely home to his father
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | He |  |  | the rock |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to rock=Destination |
| 2 | **lift** | past | He *not said here* | the boots |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | past |  | boots *= boot* | his father |  |  | home, safely *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to father=Destination |

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

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He removed them while the Ogre slept upon the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e1:o2:1
# text = He removed them while the Ogre slept upon the rock
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the Ogre |  |  |  |  | upon the rock | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He slipped them off the Ogre's feet as he lay sleeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e1:o3:1
# text = He slipped them off the Ogre's feet as he lay sleeping
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | off the Ogre's feet | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient off foot=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **lie** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sleep** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He pulled the boots off while the Ogre slept on the rock and the wife was asleep

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1469-pg503-part56:e1:o4:1
# text = He pulled the boots off while the Ogre slept on the rock and the wife was asleep
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Ogre	Ogre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | past | He | the boots |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | the Ogre |  |  | the rock |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past | the wife |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

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