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description: Upon what occasion did the faithful servant employ the three snake-leaves, and upon whom? Exam question 1 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…

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Upon what occasion did the faithful servant employ the three snake-leaves, and upon whom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** occasion, faithful servant · **What happens:** do, employ · **To what, where:** three snake leaves

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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/1928-pg7277-part65/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e1:1
# text = Upon what occasion did the faithful servant employ the three snake-leaves, and upon whom?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	employ	employ	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
11	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | occasion |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **employ** | infinitive | the faithful servant | the three snake leaves |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme |

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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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to cure the old King's illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e1:o1:1
# text = to cure the old King's illness
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cure	cure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | to-infinitive |  | the old King's illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer illness=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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to restore the drowned King to life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e1:o2:1
# text = to restore the drowned King to life
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	restore	restore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	King	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | the drowned King | life |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Theme to life=Recipient |
| 2 | **drown** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to heal the servant's wounded hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e1:o3:1
# text = to heal the servant's wounded hand
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	heal	heal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wounded	wounded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  | the servant's wounded hand |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to revive the captain from the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1928-pg7277-part65:e1:o4:1
# text = to revive the captain from the sea
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revive	revive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revive** | to-infinitive |  | the captain |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent captain=Patient |

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