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description: Which of the following best describes the conclusion of the fairy tale that precedes the pigs' story in this part? Exam question 4 of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Br…

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Which of the following best describes the conclusion of the fairy tale that precedes the pigs' story in this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fairy tale · **What happens:** follow, describe, precede, conclude · **To what, where:** conclusion, story, part, fairy tale

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1886 «Fairy Book, The Three Little Pigs, part 1: the fox eats Browny and Whitey, then fails at Blacky's brick house» 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/1886-pg7277-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:e4:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the conclusion of the fairy tale that precedes the pigs' story in this part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	precedes	precede	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	det	_	_
21	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **describe** | present |  | the conclusion of the fairy tale |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **precede** | present | the fairy tale | the pigs's story |  | this part |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | the fairy tale |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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 {#o1}

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They are happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = They are happy
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

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

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The married couple live contentedly, the monarchs having abdicated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = The married couple live contentedly, the monarchs having abdicated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	contentedly	contentedly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monarchs	monarch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	abdicated	abdicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the married couple | the monarchs |  |  |  | contentedly *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the monarchs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **abdicate** | participle | the monarchs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They live well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = They live well
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | They |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The couple reign over the land, the king having been crowned again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1886-pg7277-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = The couple reign over the land, the king having been crowned again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	reign	reign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
10	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	xcomp	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | the king *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **crown** | participle · passive | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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