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title: Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that… — Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the se… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that had swallowed the missing ring? Exam question 2 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal ta…

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Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that had swallowed the missing ring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, swallow · **To what, where:** one

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1932 «Grimm, The White Snake, part 1: the servant gets animal talk and the animals repay his kindness» 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/1932-pg7277-part69/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e2:1
# text = Which of the following animals was, by its own account, the one that had swallowed the missing ring?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | by its own account; of the following animals | tree rules |
| 3 | **swallow** | past · perfect · passive |  | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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the fat duck that had been resting by the stream in the yard all afternoon long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e2:o1:1
# text = the fat duck that had been resting by the stream in the yard all afternoon long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fat	fat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | past · perfect · progressive | the fat duck |  |  |  | afternoon | by the stream; in the yard | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the duck resting by the stream, which had swallowed the Queen's ring while drinking water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e2:o2:1
# text = the duck resting by the stream, which had swallowed the Queen's ring while drinking water
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund | the duck *not said here* | drinking water |  |  |  | by the stream | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location |
| 2 | **swallow** | past · perfect · passive |  | the stream |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the swan resting by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e2:o3:1
# text = the swan resting by the river
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swan	swan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund | the swan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the river | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by river=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the duck resting by the stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1932-pg7277-part69:e2:o4:1
# text = the duck resting by the stream
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund | the duck *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the stream | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by stream=Location |

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