--- title: According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action… — Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action upon arriving at the castle? Exam question 3 of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/e3/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Fr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1691-pg640-part15/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an… According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action upon arriving at the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, bird · **What happens:** accord, be, arrive, act · **To what, where:** outcome, castle This is exam question 3 of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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/1691-pg640-part15/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:e3:1 # text = According to the passage, what was the outcome of the bird's action upon arriving at the castle? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 outcome outcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 arriving arrive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the passage and the outcome | the outcome | | | | of the bird's action | tree rules | | 3 | **arrive** | gerund | the passage and the outcome *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **act** | | the bird | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} The bird cured the dying King, who then rode out with the fairy to search for his lost daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:e3:o1:1 # text = The bird cured the dying King, who then rode out with the fairy to search for his lost daughter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 10 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | past | the bird | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **ride out** | past | the dying King | | | | then | with the fairy | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **search** | to-infinitive | the dying King *not said here* | | | | | for King's lost daughter | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for daughter=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The bird cured the dying King of his sickness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:e3:o2:1 # text = The bird cured the dying King of his sickness 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cured cure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dying die VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cure** | past | the bird | the dying King of bird's sickness | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer king=Source | | 2 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} The bird flew off and vanished from the castle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:e3:o3:1 # text = The bird flew off and vanished from the castle 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly off** | past | the bird | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **vanish** | past | the bird *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from castle=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The King died in the great hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1691-pg640-part15:e3:o4:1 # text = The King died in the great hall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | the King | | | | | in the great hall | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hall=Attribute | **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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