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description: Which of the following best describes the apothecary's reaction to Big Klaus's account of his grandmother's death? Exam question 1 of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold rin
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus t…

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Which of the following best describes the apothecary's reaction to Big Klaus's account of his grandmother's death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** apothecary, Big Klaus, grandmother · **What happens:** follow, describe, react, account, die · **To what, where:** reaction, death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1730 «Andersen, Little Klaus and Big Klaus, part 54: Big Klaus tries to drown Little Klaus and drowns the old driver by mistake, then a prince finds a gold ring in a barrel» 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/1730-pg640-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the apothecary's reaction to Big Klaus's account of his grandmother's death?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	apothecary	apothecary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 apothecary's reaction |  |  |  | of the best; to Big Klaus's account of Klaus's grandmother's death | tree rules |
| 3 | **react** |  | the apothecary |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **account** |  | Big Klaus | Klaus's grandmother's death |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 5 | **die** |  | Klaus's grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged and told him to leave the shop immediately

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged and told him to leave the shop immediately
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	deranged	derange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | past | He | Big |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent big=Result |
| 2 | **derange** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* |  | Big |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the shop |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He thought Big Klaus was honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = He thought Big Klaus was honest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Big Klaus |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = He pronounced Big Klaus to be deranged
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	deranged	derange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | past | He | Big |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent big=Result |
| 2 | **derange** | to-infinitive · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He called Big Klaus deranged and refused to sell him any medicine at all for his granny

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1730-pg640-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = He called Big Klaus deranged and refused to sell him any medicine at all for his granny
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Big	Big	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	deranged	derange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	granny	granny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **derange** | past | Big |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **refuse** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **sell** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | any medicine | Big | all |  | for Big's granny | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient medicine=Theme at all=Asset |

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