--- title: State the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of fi… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle:… · tree and pragmatics description: State the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of firewood. Exam question 4 of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1825-pg7128-part9/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1825-pg7128-part9/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl be… State the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of firewood. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, son · **What happens:** state, conceal · **To what, where:** outcome, pile This is exam question 4 of lesson 1825 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Bamboo Fiddle: the drowned girl becomes a bamboo fiddle that cooks for a chief's son, then the Cruel Crane tricks the fish» 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/1825-pg7128-part9/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:e4:1 # text = State the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of firewood. 1 State state 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 _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 concealment concealment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 pile pile NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 firewood firewood NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the chief's son's concealment in the pile of firewood | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic | | 2 | **conceal** | | the chief's son | | | the pile of firewood | | | nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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} He caught the girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:e4:o1:1 # text = He caught the girl 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | He | the girl | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He caught her and she was angry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:e4:o2:1 # text = He caught her and she was angry 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | she | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He lost her and went home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:e4:o3:1 # text = He lost her and went home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 2 | **go** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He apprehended the girl and the two of them were united ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1825-pg7128-part9:e4:o4:1 # text = He apprehended the girl and the two of them were united 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 apprehended apprehend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apprehend** | past | He | the girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the two of them | | | | | united *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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