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title: Identify the spice mixed by the cook with the buttermilk applied to… — Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the spice mixed by the cook with the buttermilk applied to the Crow's body. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Pigeon and the Crow: a greedy Crow…

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Identify the spice mixed by the cook with the buttermilk applied to the Crow's body.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, mix, apply · **To what, where:** spice, buttermilk

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e4:1
# text = Identify the spice mixed by the cook with the buttermilk applied to the Crow's body.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spice	spice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	buttermilk	buttermilk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Crow	Crow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the spice |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent spice=Theme |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | the spice *not said here* |  |  |  | by the cook; with the buttermilk | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with buttermilk=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **apply** | participle |  | the buttermilk *not said here* |  |  |  | to the Crow's body | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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Ginger and cumin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e4:o1:1
# text = Ginger and cumin
1	Ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cumin	cumin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Pepper and salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e4:o2:1
# text = Pepper and salt
1	Pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cumin, ginger, black pepper and a pinch of salt mixed in buttermilk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e4:o3:1
# text = Cumin, ginger, black pepper and a pinch of salt mixed in buttermilk
1	Cumin	cumin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	buttermilk	buttermilk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | salt *not said here* |  | buttermilk |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pinch** |  |  | salt |  |  |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ginger, cumin, and a little bit of cinnamon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1855-pg7128-part39:e4:o4:1
# text = Ginger, cumin, and a little bit of cinnamon
1	Ginger	ginger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cumin	cumin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cinnamon	cinnamon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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