--- title: Identify the reason for which the queen resolved to ruin the protago… — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the reason for which the queen resolved to ruin the protagonist, Sir Thomas. Exam question 3 of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1964-pg7439-part23/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi… Identify the reason for which the queen resolved to ruin the protagonist, Sir Thomas. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, resolve, ruin · **To what, where:** reason, queen, protagonist This is exam question 3 of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:e3:1 # text = Identify the reason for which the queen resolved to ruin the protagonist, Sir Thomas. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 ruin ruin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 protagonist protagonist NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:desc _ _ 15 Thomas Thomas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **resolve** | participle | | the queen *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ruin** | to-infinitive | | the protagonist | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent protagonist=Patient | 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 {#o1} The king was too kind. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:e3:o1:1 # text = The king was too kind. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She was enraged by the honours the king conferred upon the little knight. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:e3:o2:1 # text = She was enraged by the honours the king conferred upon the little knight. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 enraged enrage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 conferred confer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enrage** | past · passive | the honours | She | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **confer** | participle | | the king *not said here* | | | | upon the little knight | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was jealous of the gifts the king gave the young lord. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:e3:o3:1 # text = She was jealous of the gifts the king gave the young lord. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | of the gifts; jealous *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | past | the king | the young lord | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She envied the knight. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:e3:o4:1 # text = She envied the knight. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 envied envy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **envy** | past | She | the knight | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer knight=Stimulus | **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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