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title: What was the name of the tale that commences following the conclusio… — Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the name of the tale that commences following the conclusion of this part? Exam question 4 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor fre…

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What was the name of the tale that commences following the conclusion of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale · **What happens:** be, commence, follow, conclude · **To what, where:** name, conclusion, part

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1927 «Fairy Tales, The Three Snake-Leaves, part 64: a tailor frees his bride's castle, then a young king is trapped in a royal vault» 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/1927-pg7277-part64/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e4:1
# text = What was the name of the tale that commences following the conclusion of this part?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the name |  |  |  | of the tale | tree rules |
| 2 | **commence** | present | the tale |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | the tale *not said here* | the conclusion of this part |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Theme |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | this part |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Three Snake-Leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e4:o1:1
# text = The Three Snake-Leaves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Three	Three	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Snake	Snake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Twelve Brothers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e4:o2:1
# text = The Twelve Brothers.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	Brothers	Brother	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Frog King.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e4:o3:1
# text = The Frog King.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Golden Bird.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1927-pg7277-part64:e4:o4:1
# text = The Golden Bird.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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