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title: To what extent did the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem determine his subsequent progress, as narrated in this part? Exam question 1 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 1 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes…

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To what extent did the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem determine his subsequent progress, as narrated in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** violent treatment, cobbler, treatment · **What happens:** determine, narrate, treat, progress · **To what, where:** subsequent progress, part, dwarf Jem

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1791 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 42: Jem becomes the duke's cook and meets a talking goose» 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/1791-pg641-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e1:1
# text = To what extent did the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem determine his subsequent progress, as narrated in this part?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	narrated	narrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | past · do-support | the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem | treatment's subsequent progress |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent progress=Topic |
| 2 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle | the cobbler's violent treatment of the dwarf Jem *not said here* |  |  | this part |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **treat** |  | the cobbler | the dwarf Jem |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 4 | **progress** |  | treatment |  |  |  |  |  | nom progress «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The cobbler's violence drove Jem from his lodging, and his subsequent employment in the palace kitchen followed from it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = The cobbler's violence drove Jem from his lodging, and his subsequent employment in the palace kitchen followed from it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lodging	lodging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | the cobbler's violence | Jem |  | violence's lodging |  | violence's subsequent employment in the palace kitchen *obl* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jem=Theme from lodging=Trajectory |
| 2 | **follow** | participle |  | the palace kitchen *not said here* |  | kitchen |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from it=Trajectory |
| 3 | **employ** |  | violence |  |  | the palace kitchen |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cobbler's violence caused Jem to leave the town, but his later success in the palace owed nothing to it

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = The cobbler's violence caused Jem to leave the town, but his later success in the palace owed nothing to it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	15	advmod	_	_
15	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	owed	owe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | the cobbler's violence | Jem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Jem *not said here* | the town |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |
| 3 | **owe** | past | violence's success in the palace | nothing |  | palace |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme to it=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Not at all, it was irrelevant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = Not at all, it was irrelevant
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	irrelevant	irrelevant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | irrelevant *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The violence was a minor event that had no bearing on Jem's later employment in the palace kitchen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1791-pg641-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = The violence was a minor event that had no bearing on Jem's later employment in the palace kitchen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	Jem	Jem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	later	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the violence | a minor event |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | a minor event | no bearing |  | Jem's later employment |  | in the palace kitchen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |
| 3 | **employ** |  | Jem |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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