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title: Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Po… — Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Cal… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Pollito towards the stream, the fire and the wind is correct? Exam question 1 of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» of the bo
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# Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a…

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Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Pollito towards the stream, the fire and the wind is correct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, concern, be, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, Medio · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1871 «Gutenberg 7277 tales, The Story of Caliph Stork, part 1: a pedlar sells the Caliph a scroll that the learned Selim finds is Latin» 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/1871-pg7277-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements concerning the conduct of Medio Pollito towards the stream, the fire and the wind is correct?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	csubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Medio	Medio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	Pollito	Pollito	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	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 | **concern** | gerund |  | the conduct of Medio |  |  |  | towards the stream and the fire and the wind | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 3 | **be** *speech: disagree* | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the following statements; correct *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | Medio |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: 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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He agreed to help each one and was praised for kindness in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = He agreed to help each one and was praised for kindness in the end
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | each one |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **praise** | past · passive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | in the end | for kindness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for kindness=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He helped the stream but refused the fire and the wind, quite happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = He helped the stream but refused the fire and the wind, quite happily
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	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	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | He | the stream |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stream=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **refuse** | past | He *not said here* | the fire and the wind |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He refused once only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = He refused once only
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | He |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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

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He declined, in each instance, to render the assistance requested of him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1871-pg7277-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = He declined, in each instance, to render the assistance requested of him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | He |  |  |  |  | in each instance | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in instance=Attribute |
| 2 | **render** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **request** | past | the assistance |  |  |  |  | of him *= he* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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