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title: Which assertion best summarises the bee's undertaking to Ferko befor… — Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which assertion best summarises the bee's undertaking to Ferko before the palace task? Exam question 4 of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 4 · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…

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Which assertion best summarises the bee's undertaking to Ferko before the palace task?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** assertion, bee · **What happens:** summarise, undertake · **To what, where:** bee, Ferko

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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/1693-pg640-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:e4:1
# text = Which assertion best summarises the bee's undertaking to Ferko before the palace task?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	summarises	summarise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Ferko	Ferko	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summarise** | present | which assertion | the bee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **undertake** | gerund | the bee *not said here* |  | Ferko |  | before the palace task |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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She told him the palace would be finished before noon the next day and he should rest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = She told him the palace would be finished before noon the next day and he should rest
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | She |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **finish** | would · passive |  | the palace |  |  | day; noon |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **rest** | should | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She promised a palace by dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = She promised a palace by dawn
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | She | a palace |  |  | dawn |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She assured him that a palace would be built before the sun set the following night

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = She assured him that a palace would be built before the sun set the following night
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assured	assure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assure** | past | She |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | would · passive |  | a palace |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **set** | past | the sun |  |  |  | night |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She swore to help him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1693-pg640-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = She swore to help him
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swore	swear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |

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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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