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title: Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master i… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master in the girl's chamber? Exam question 4 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» of the books cours
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

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Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master in the girl's chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** circumstances · **What happens:** be, discover · **To what, where:** herd boy, chamber

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e4:1
# text = Under what circumstances was the herd-boy discovered by his master in the girl's chamber?
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | circumstances | the herd boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **discover** | participle |  | the herd boy *not said here* |  | the girl's chamber |  | by boy's master | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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The lord caught him climbing the wall of the old castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e4:o1:1
# text = The lord caught him climbing the wall of the old castle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past | the lord | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** | gerund | the lord *not said here* | the wall of the old castle |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location wall=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was spotted by a servant while walking into the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e4:o2:1
# text = He was spotted by a servant while walking into the hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · passive | a servant | He |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Destination |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | a servant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the hall *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hall=Result |

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

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He entered without the invisible belt during a violent storm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e4:o3:1
# text = He entered without the invisible belt during a violent storm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | He |  |  |  | during a violent storm | without the invisible belt | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was caught stealing bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e4:o4:1
# text = He was caught stealing bread
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **steal** | gerund |  | bread |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bread=Theme |

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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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