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title: Which of the following accurately states the reason the turkey-maide… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the reason the turkey-maiden gave for having left the household of Cancaline? Exam question 4 of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

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Which of the following accurately states the reason the turkey-maiden gave for having left the household of Cancaline?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** turkey maiden · **What happens:** follow, state, give, have, leave · **To what, where:** reason, household

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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/1539-pg540-part36/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the reason the turkey-maiden gave for having left the household of Cancaline?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	nsubj	_	_
13	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 3 | **give** | past | the turkey maiden | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | gerund | the turkey maiden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **leave** | participle | the turkey maiden *not said here* | the household of Cancaline |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent household=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She had been sent away by Cancaline for stealing from her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:e4:o1:1
# text = She had been sent away by Cancaline for stealing from her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send away** | past · perfect · passive | Cancaline | She |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund | Cancaline *not said here* | Cancaline |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:e4:o2:1
# text = She was bored
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She had received nothing but blows and harsh words from her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:e4:o3:1
# text = She had received nothing but blows and harsh words from her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blows	blow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · perfect | She | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme her=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cancaline was cruel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1539-pg540-part36:e4:o4:1
# text = Cancaline was cruel
1	Cancaline	Cancaline	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Cancaline |  |  |  |  | cruel *property* | tree rules |

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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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