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description: Which of the following statements most accurately describes the sequence in which the Fairy's attempts to destroy the fugitives are recounted? Exam question 1 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» of the books course o
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of c…

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the sequence in which the Fairy's attempts to destroy the fugitives are recounted?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** follow, describe, destroy, recount, attempt · **To what, where:** sequence, fugitives, attempts

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1710 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Fairy, part 34: a bridge of clouds, a duck, a vanishing church and a boar» 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/1710-pg640-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately describes the sequence in which the Fairy's attempts to destroy the fugitives are recounted?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	attempts	attempt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	recounted	recount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **describe** | present |  | the sequence |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 3 | **destroy** | to-infinitive |  | the fugitives |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fugitive=Patient |
| 4 | **recount** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | the Fairy's attempts |  | the sequence |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 5 | **attempt** |  | the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=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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sand, dagger, gold nuts, wood, church

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = sand, dagger, gold nuts, wood, church
1	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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church, wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = church, wood
1	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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sand, gold nuts, dagger, church, wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = sand, gold nuts, dagger, church, wood
1	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
sand, nuts, dagger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1710-pg640-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = sand, nuts, dagger
1	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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