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title: What was the principal consequence of the strong scent of the red fl… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal consequence of the strong scent of the red flower upon the protagonist? Exam question 4 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 tre
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# Exam question 4 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Nose, part 40: Jem sleeps, drea…

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What was the principal consequence of the strong scent of the red flower upon the protagonist?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, scent · **To what, where:** principal consequence, red flower

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e4:1
# text = What was the principal consequence of the strong scent of the red flower upon the protagonist?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of the strong scent of the red flower; upon the protagonist | tree rules |
| 2 | **scent** |  |  | the red flower |  |  |  |  | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He began to sneeze violently and then suddenly awoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e4:o1:1
# text = He began to sneeze violently and then suddenly awoke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	violently	violently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	awoke	awake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sneeze** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | violently *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **awake** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He dreamed of a cat and then woke in the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e4:o2:1
# text = He dreamed of a cat and then woke in the market
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dreamed	dream	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of a cat | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wake** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | the market | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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He began to sneeze and awoke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e4:o3:1
# text = He began to sneeze and awoke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	awoke	awake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sneeze** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **awake** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He started coughing, then woke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1789-pg641-part40:e4:o4:1
# text = He started coughing, then woke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	coughing	cough	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	woke	wake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cough** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wake** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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