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title: Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brou… — Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brought by the two eldest sons. Exam question 4 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 4 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest…

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Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brought by the two eldest sons.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, mother · **What happens:** evaluate, bring, inspect · **To what, where:** outcome, mastiffs

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1803 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Frog Bride, part 1: the youngest son's frog spins his linen» 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/1803-pg641-part54/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e4:1
# text = Evaluate the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs brought by the two eldest sons.
1	Evaluate	evaluate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mastiffs	mastiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
16	eldest	eldest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evaluate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the mother's inspection of the mastiffs |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | participle |  | the mastiffs *not said here* |  |  |  | by the two eldest sons | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **inspect** |  | the mother | the mastiffs |  |  |  |  | nom inspection «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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She is greatly amused by the gentle animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e4:o1:1
# text = She is greatly amused by the gentle animals
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	amused	amuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amuse** | present · passive | the gentle animals | She |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

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

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She is greatly frightened by the savage animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e4:o2:1
# text = She is greatly frightened by the savage animals
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive | the savage animals | She |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She is quite annoyed by the large animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e4:o3:1
# text = She is quite annoyed by the large animals
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | by the large animals; annoyed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is greatly frightened by the savage animals and hides from them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1803-pg641-part54:e4:o4:1
# text = She is greatly frightened by the savage animals and hides from them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	savage	savage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frighten** | present · passive | the savage animals | She |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hide** | present | the savage animals *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from animals *= animal* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from they=Beneficiary |

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