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title: Which of the following best describes the outcome of the tale's wedd… — Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Woo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations as the text concludes? Exam question 4 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helme
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# Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

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Which of the following best describes the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations as the text concludes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** text, tale · **What happens:** follow, describe, conclude, prepare · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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/1797-pg641-part48/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e4:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations as the text concludes?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	preparations	preparation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the outcome of the tale's wedding preparations |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **conclude** | present | the text |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **prepare** |  | the tale |  |  |  |  |  | nom preparation «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 {#o1}

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The maids were about to lift the wooden helmet off while the whole crowd of guests gathered closer to look at her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e4:o1:1
# text = The maids were about to lift the wooden helmet off while the whole crowd of guests gathered closer to look at her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	lift	lift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
18	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the maids |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lift off** | to-infinitive | the maids *not said here* | the wooden helmet |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |
| 3 | **gather** | past | the whole crowd of guests |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | the whole crowd of guests *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at crowd | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The feast had just begun and everyone sat down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e4:o2:1
# text = The feast had just begun and everyone sat down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past · perfect | the feast |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sit down** | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet so they could do her hair in the latest style

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e4:o3:1
# text = The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet so they could do her hair in the latest style
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	latest	late	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the maids |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive | the maids *not said here* | the wooden helmet |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |
| 3 | **do** | could | maids *= maid* | her hair |  | the latest style |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e4:o4:1
# text = The maids were about to remove the wooden helmet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maids	maid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the maids |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive | the maids *not said here* | the wooden helmet |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |

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