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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight ov…

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According to the text, what was the outcome of the second task performed by the youngest son?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** text · **What happens:** accord, be, perform · **To what, where:** outcome, second task

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1912 «Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight over Parsley, a witch turns her into a toad, and the youngest prince wins the first two tasks with the toad's help» 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/1912-pg7277-part49/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1912-pg7277-part49:e2:1
# text = According to the text, what was the outcome of the second task performed by the youngest son?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the text | the outcome |  |  |  | of the second task | tree rules |
| 3 | **perform** | participle |  | the second task *not said here* |  |  |  | by the youngest son | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: 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 {#o1}

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The hazelnut contained a small dog, and the King was not satisfied with what his son had brought him at all

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1912-pg7277-part49:e2:o1:1
# text = The hazelnut contained a small dog, and the King was not satisfied with what his son had brought him at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	contained	contain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	satisfied	satisfied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
14	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	obj	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	advcl	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | past | the hazelnut | a small dog |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | the King |  |  |  |  | satisfied *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive |  | King's son |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nut gave up a small dog which the King did not accept as fulfilling the demanded task

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1912-pg7277-part49:e2:o2:1
# text = The nut gave up a small dog which the King did not accept as fulfilling the demanded task
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	fulfilling	fulfil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	demanded	demand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	amod	_	_
18	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | the nut | a small dog |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Source |
| 2 | **not** **accept** | past · do-support | the King | a small dog |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **fulfil** | gerund | the King *not said here* | the demanded task |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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After cracking it carefully as the toad had said, the hazelnut yielded a tiny dog, and the King, to everyone's surprise, decided to keep all the little dogs as well

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1912-pg7277-part49:e2:o3:1
# text = After cracking it carefully as the toad had said, the hazelnut yielded a tiny dog, and the King, to everyone's surprise, decided to keep all the little dogs as well
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cracking	crack	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	advcl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	yielded	yield	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	25	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	's	's	PART	POS	_	23	case	_	_
25	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
27	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	33	det:predet	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
34	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	29	advmod	_	_
35	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	34	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | gerund | the hazelnut *not said here* | it |  |  |  | carefully *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive |  | the toad |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **yield** | past | the hazelnut | a tiny dog |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
| 4 | **decide** | past | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | all little dogs |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
| 6 | **surprise** |  | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hazelnut yielded a tiny dog that the King accepted as the fulfilment of the task

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1912-pg7277-part49:e2:o4:1
# text = The hazelnut yielded a tiny dog that the King accepted as the fulfilment of the task
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hazelnut	hazelnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	yielded	yield	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fulfilment	fulfilment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yield** | past | the hazelnut | a tiny dog |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dog=Theme |
| 2 | **accept** | past | the King |  |  |  |  | as the fulfilment of the task | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as fulfilment=Attribute |
| 3 | **fulfil** |  |  | the task |  |  |  |  | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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