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# Exam question 1 · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

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Which of the following was the reason for Désiré's extreme thirst at the beginning of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Désiré · **What happens:** follow, be, thirst, begin · **To what, where:** beginning, part

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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/1564-pg540-part61/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:e1:1
# text = Which of the following was the reason for Désiré's extreme thirst at the beginning of this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	extreme	extreme	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the reason; for Désiré's extreme thirst at the beginning of this part | tree rules |
| 3 | **thirst** |  | Désiré |  |  |  | at the beginning of this part |  | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |
| 4 | **begin** |  |  | this part |  |  |  |  | nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 had forgotten to bring food for the trip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:e1:o1:1
# text = He had forgotten to bring food for the trip
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **bring** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | food |  |  |  | for the trip | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest and the dusty road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:e1:o2:1
# text = He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest and the dusty road
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fill** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his gourd |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument |
| 3 | **set out** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the long walk |  | through the hot forest and the dusty road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through forest=Initial\_Location |

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

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He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:e1:o3:1
# text = He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fill** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his gourd |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument |
| 3 | **set out** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1564-pg540-part61:e1:o4:1
# text = He had neglected to fill his gourd with water before setting out on the long walk through the hot forest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gourd	gourd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **fill** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his gourd |  |  |  | with water | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent gourd=Patient with water=Instrument |
| 3 | **set out** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the long walk |  | through the hot forest | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through forest=Initial\_Location |

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