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title: State the purpose for which the cook hung the nest-basket in the kit… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the purpose for which the cook hung the nest-basket in the kitchen. Exam question 3 of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

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State the purpose for which the cook hung the nest-basket in the kitchen.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** State purpose · **What happens:** hang · **To what, where:** nest basket, kitchen

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1855 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow is caught and plucked» 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/1855-pg7128-part39/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e3:1
# text = State the purpose for which the cook hung the nest-basket in the kitchen.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | past | the State purpose for the cook | the nest basket |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent basket=Theme in kitchen=Destination |

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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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To earn merit, because the Pigeon had asked him kindly to do it for the family

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e3:o1:1
# text = To earn merit, because the Pigeon had asked him kindly to do it for the family
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	earn	earn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | to-infinitive |  | merit |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | the Pigeon |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | Pigeon |  |  |  | for the family | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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

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In order to earn merit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e3:o2:1
# text = In order to earn merit
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	4	mark	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	fixed	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	earn	earn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | to-infinitive |  | merit |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To scare the crows away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e3:o3:1
# text = To scare the crows away
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	scare	scare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | to-infinitive |  | the crows |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus crow=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To earn merit so that he would be reborn better in his next life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e3:o4:1
# text = To earn merit so that he would be reborn better in his next life
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	earn	earn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	reborn	reborn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | to-infinitive |  | merit |  | his next life |  | well *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Theme |
| 2 | **reborn** | would · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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