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title: To what rank was the protagonist promoted during his period of servi… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what rank was the protagonist promoted during his period of servitude in the kitchen? Exam question 3 of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, drea…

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To what rank was the protagonist promoted during his period of servitude in the kitchen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** kitchen

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1789 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, dreams for seven years, and finds his mother sad» 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/1789-pg641-part40/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e3:1
# text = To what rank was the protagonist promoted during his period of servitude in the kitchen?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
3	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	promoted	promote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	servitude	servitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the protagonist |  |  | the kitchen | during rank's period of servitude | promote *property* | tree rules |

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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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Cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e3:o1:1
# text = Cook
1	Cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Head pastrycook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e3:o2:1
# text = Head pastrycook
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pastrycook	pastrycook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Under chef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e3:o3:1
# text = Under chef
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	chef	chef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Head butler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e3:o4:1
# text = Head butler
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	butler	butler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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