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title: What conclusion did the gentleman reach concerning the farmer's hous… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies… · tree and pragmatics
description: What conclusion did the gentleman reach concerning the farmer's household in the cellar? Exam question 2 of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl g…

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What conclusion did the gentleman reach concerning the farmer's household in the cellar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** conclusion · **What happens:** reach, concern · **To what, where:** household, cellar

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1944 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Sillies, part 3: the girl guesses the imp's name, and the sillies begin their troubles» 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/1944-pg7439-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:e2:1
# text = What conclusion did the gentleman reach concerning the farmer's household in the cellar?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past · do-support | what conclusion |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | what conclusion *not said here* | the farmer's household |  | the cellar |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus household=Experiencer |

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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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that they were sillies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = that they were sillies
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	sillies	silly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | sillies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that they were all quite sensible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = that they were all quite sensible
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | all, sensible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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that they were three great fools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = that they were three great fools
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fools	fool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | three great fools |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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that they were three great sillies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1944-pg7439-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = that they were three great sillies
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sillies	silly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | they | three great sillies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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