--- title: Which of the following most accurately describes the condition the g… — Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The G… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately describes the condition the golden fish attached to its offer to the fisherman? Exam question 4 of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» of the bo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1930-pg7277-part67/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The G…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1930-pg7277-part67/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg… Which of the following most accurately describes the condition the golden fish attached to its offer to the fisherman? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fish · **What happens:** follow, describe, attach, offer · **To what, where:** condition, golden fish This is exam question 4 of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» 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/1930-pg7277-part67/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:e4:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately describes the condition the golden fish attached to its offer to the fisherman? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 condition the golden fish | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme | | 3 | **attach** | participle | | the golden fish *not said here* | | | | to fish's offer to the fisherman | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to offer=Co-Patient | | 4 | **offer** | | fish | | | | | to the fisherman | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | 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} He must never speak of the fish's gifts to anyone, on pain of ruin. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:e4:o1:1 # text = He must never speak of the fish's gifts to anyone, on pain of ruin. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | must | He | | | | | of the fish's gifts; to anyone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent | | 2 | **gift** | | the fish | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **pain** | | | ruin | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The fisherman must reveal to no one the source of his good fortune, on pain of its vanishing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:e4:o2:1 # text = The fisherman must reveal to no one the source of his good fortune, on pain of its vanishing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 vanishing vanishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reveal** | must | the fisherman | the source of fisherman's good fortune | no one | pain of pain's vanishing | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent source=Topic to one=Recipient | | 2 | **pain** | | | pain's vanishing | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **vanish** | | pain | | | | | | nom vanishing «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The fisherman must hide from everyone how he got rich, or lose it all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:e4:o3:1 # text = The fisherman must hide from everyone how he got rich, or lose it all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | must | the fisherman | | | everyone | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from everyone=Beneficiary | | 2 | **get** | past | fisherman | | | | | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **lose** | infinitive | the fisherman *not said here* | it | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The fisherman may tell his wife and family the source of his good fortune, but must reveal it to no stranger, on pain of its vanishing at once. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1930-pg7277-part67:e4:o4:1 # text = The fisherman may tell his wife and family the source of his good fortune, but must reveal it to no stranger, on pain of its vanishing at once. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 reveal reveal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 vanishing vanish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | the fisherman | the source of fisherman's good fortune | fisherman's wife and family | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient source=Topic | | 2 | **reveal** | must | the fisherman *not said here* | source | no stranger | pain | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to stranger=Recipient | | 3 | **vanish** | gerund | source | pain *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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