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description: What was the outcome of the young man's correct answers to the monster's inquiries? Exam question 3 of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 3 · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest…

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What was the outcome of the young man's correct answers to the monster's inquiries?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** outcome, young man, monster · **What happens:** be, answer, inquire

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1503 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Red Etin, part 90: the youngest brother gets a magic wand, beats the Etin and frees the king's daughter» 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/1503-pg503-part90/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e3:1
# text = What was the outcome of the young man's correct answers to the monster's inquiries?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	inquiries	inquiry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the outcome of the young man's correct answers to the monster's inquiries |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** |  | the young man |  |  |  |  | to the monster's inquiries | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
| 3 | **inquire** |  | the monster |  |  |  |  |  | nom inquiry «cognition transitive»: 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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The beast's strength was then reduced

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e3:o1:1
# text = The beast's strength was then reduced
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	reduced	reduce	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 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | the beast's strength |  |  | then |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The monster grew weaker by much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e3:o2:1
# text = The monster grew weaker by much
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	weaker	weak	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | the monster |  |  |  |  | weak *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by much=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The monster's power was diminished and it fled in terror across the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e3:o3:1
# text = The monster's power was diminished and it fled in terror across the hills
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	across	across	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **diminish** | past · passive |  | the monster's power |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **flee** | past | power |  |  | terror |  | across the hills | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across hill=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The monster's power was thereby diminished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1503-pg503-part90:e3:o4:1
# text = The monster's power was thereby diminished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	diminished	diminish	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 | **diminish** | past · passive |  | the monster's power |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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