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title: What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goos… — pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goose's wing from the window? Exam question 3 of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 3 · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

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What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goose's wing from the window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** queen · **What happens:** be, release, decide · **To what, where:** consequence, wing, window

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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/1767-pg641-part18/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e3:1
# text = What was the consequence of the queen's decision to release the goose's wing from the window?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	release	release	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the consequence |  |  |  | of the queen's decision | tree rules |
| 2 | **release** | to-infinitive |  | the goose's wing |  | the window |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer wing=Source |
| 3 | **decide** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom decision «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stepmother fled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e3:o1:1
# text = the stepmother fled
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | the stepmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the godmother arrived in a coach pulled by six horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e3:o2:1
# text = the godmother arrived in a coach pulled by six horses
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the godmother |  |  | a coach |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  | a coach *not said here* |  |  |  | by six horses | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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the godmother arrived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e3:o3:1
# text = the godmother arrived
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	godmother	godmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the godmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the nurse was dismissed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1767-pg641-part18:e3:o4:1
# text = the nurse was dismissed
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | past · passive |  | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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