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description: According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the old wizard's goblins returned without the fugitives on the third occasion? Exam question 2 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» of
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# Exam question 2 · pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runa…

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According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the old wizard's goblins returned without the fugitives on the third occasion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goblins · **What happens:** accord, be, return · **To what, where:** principal reason, third occasion

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1766 «pg641 fairy tales, The Maiden and the Magic Ball: the runaways escape the goblins with the magic ball and reach the world again» 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/1766-pg641-part17/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the old wizard's goblins returned without the fugitives on the third occasion?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	goblins	goblin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
17	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fugitives	fugitive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	23	amod	_	_
23	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the principal reason |  |  |  | accord the narrative | tree rules |
| 3 | **return** | past | the old wizard's goblins |  |  | the third occasion |  | without the fugitives | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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They saw the old wizard's own hall and fled home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = They saw the old wizard's own hall and fled home
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | They | the old wizard's own hall |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hall=Stimulus |
| 2 | **flee** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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They found only the wood and a silver river near the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = They found only the wood and a silver river near the hill
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | They | the wood and a silver river |  | the hill |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Topic |

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

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They discovered neither stream, fish nor person, only a rose bush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = They discovered neither stream, fish nor person, only a rose bush
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past | They | neither stream and fish nor person and a rose bush |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They were tired and gave up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1766-pg641-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = They were tired and gave up
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | They |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give up** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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