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title: Specify the signal by which the golden hen is caused to deposit a go… — English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Bean… · tree and pragmatics
description: Specify the signal by which the golden hen is caused to deposit a golden egg. Exam question 3 of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…

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Specify the signal by which the golden hen is caused to deposit a golden egg.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, golden hen · **What happens:** specify, cause, deposit · **To what, where:** signal, golden hen, golden egg

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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/1951-pg7439-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e3:1
# text = Specify the signal by which the golden hen is caused to deposit a golden egg.
1	Specify	specify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	deposit	deposit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the signal |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | present · passive |  | the golden hen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **deposit** | to-infinitive | the golden hen *not said here* | a golden egg |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The spoken word "Lay"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = The spoken word "Lay"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Lay	Lay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A whistle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = A whistle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A loud clap of hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = A loud clap of hands
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	clap	clap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** |  |  | hands |  |  |  |  | nom clap «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Word 'Go'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = Word 'Go'
1	Word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Go	Go	PROPN	NNP	_	1	appos	_	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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