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title: exam: In the tale, which action does the old man perform immediately… — Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Troll… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: In the tale, which action does the old man perform immediately after laying down the sack of money? Exam question 1 of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, thr…

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exam: In the tale, which action does the old man perform immediately after laying down the sack of money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** exam · **What happens:** perform, lay down · **To what, where:** sack

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1638 «Norse Tales, The Old Man and the Trolls: three visits, three lost sacks, one lesson he never learns» 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/1638-pg5615-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:e1:1
# text = exam: In the tale, which action does the old man perform immediately after laying down the sack of money?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	laying	lay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
17	down	down	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · do-support | exam |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lay down** | gerund | exam *not said here* | the sack of money |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=Result |

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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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He runs home immediately to enquire after the cow and the calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = He runs home immediately to enquire after the cow and the calf
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | He |  |  |  |  | home, immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | after the cow and the calf |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He runs home to enquire after the cow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = He runs home to enquire after the cow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | He |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | after the cow |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He rushes back to see the cattle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = He rushes back to see the cattle
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush back** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the cattle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cattle=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He runs home at once to enquire after the cow in the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1638-pg5615-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = He runs home at once to enquire after the cow in the barn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	enquire	enquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | He |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory |
| 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | after the cow in the barn |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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