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description: Who relieved Jack of the snuff-box, and what consequence followed for the castle? Exam question 3 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 3 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13…

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Who relieved Jack of the snuff-box, and what consequence followed for the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence · **What happens:** relieve, follow · **To what, where:** Jack

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» 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/1954-pg7439-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e3:1
# text = Who relieved Jack of the snuff-box, and what consequence followed for the castle?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	relieved	relieve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	snuff	snuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relieve** | past |  | Jack |  |  |  | of the snuff box | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer jack=Source of box=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | past | consequence |  |  |  |  | for the castle | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Theme for castle=Attribute |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the valet, who burned the castle to ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = the valet, who burned the castle to ashes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	valet	valet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | the valet | the castle |  |  |  | to ashes | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent castle=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the gardener, who hid the castle in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = the gardener, who hid the castle in the hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the gardener | the castle |  | the hills |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent castle=Patient in hill=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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the valet, who caused the castle to be removed across the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = the valet, who caused the castle to be removed across the sea
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	valet	valet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | the valet | the castle |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition castle=Patient |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive · passive | the valet *not said here* | the castle *not said here* |  | the sea |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the valet, who sank it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = the valet, who sank it
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	valet	valet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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

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