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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1…

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To what extent does Little Klaus's disobedience to Big Klaus's warning directly cause the death of his horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Little Klaus, Big Klaus, horse · **What happens:** do, disobey, warn, die · **To what, where:** disobedience

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1728 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Big Klaus and Little Klaus, part 1: Little Klaus loses his horse, then tricks a farmer with a squeaking sack» 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/1728-pg640-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:e1:1
# text = To what extent does Little Klaus's disobedience to Big Klaus's warning directly cause the death of his horse?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	disobedience	disobedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	cause	cause	SCONJ	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | Little Klaus's disobedience |  |  |  | to extent; to Big Klaus's warning; cause the death of Klaus's horse | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disobedience=Eventuality |
| 2 | **disobey** |  | Little Klaus |  |  |  |  |  | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **warn** |  | Big Klaus |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **die** |  | Klaus's horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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He ignores the warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = He ignores the warning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignores	ignore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | He | the warning |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He disobeys the warning, and Big Klaus then kills the horse with an iron bar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = He disobeys the warning, and Big Klaus then kills the horse with an iron bar
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disobeys	disobey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	kills	kill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	bar	bar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disobey** | present | He | the warning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | present | Big Klaus | the horse |  |  | then | with a iron bar | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent horse=Patient with bar=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He disobeys, so the horse dies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = He disobeys, so the horse dies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	disobeys	disobey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disobey** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **die** | present | the horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He mocks the warning, yet the horse survives until Big Klaus is punished by a fall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1728-pg640-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = He mocks the warning, yet the horse survives until Big Klaus is punished by a fall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mocks	mock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	survives	survive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | present | He | the warning |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 2 | **survive** | present | the horse |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **punish** | present · passive | a fall | Big Klaus |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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