--- title: Which of the following best describes the outcome of Drakestail's cl… — Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duc… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King? Exam question 1 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1551-pg540-part48/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duc…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1551-pg540-part48/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien… Which of the following best describes the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Drakestail · **What happens:** follow, describe, claim · **To what, where:** outcome This is exam question 1 of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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/1551-pg540-part48/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e1:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe 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 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **describe** | present | | the outcome of Drakestail's claim against the King | | | | of the best | tree rules | | 3 | **claim** | | Drakestail | | | | | against the King | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent against=obl | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He does not recover the money owed to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e1:o1:1 # text = He does not recover the money owed to him 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 owed owe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **recover** | present · do-support | He | the money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **owe** | participle | | the money *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal | ### Option 2 {#o2} He gets paid ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e1:o2:1 # text = He gets paid 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | He | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **pay** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He gets his money from the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e1:o3:1 # text = He gets his money from the court 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | He | his money | | the court | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from court=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is paid in full by the King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1551-pg540-part48:e1:o4:1 # text = He is paid in full by the King 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present · passive | the King | He | | full | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset | **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. 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