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title: What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Wo… — English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm o… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Worm? Exam question 4 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh:…

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What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Worm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature · **What happens:** be, regard

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1970 «English Fairy Tales, The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh: Margaret is freed by three kisses, and the witch-queen becomes a toad» 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/1970-pg7439-part29/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e4:1
# text = What was the nature of the warlock's counsel regarding the Laidly Worm?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	warlock	warlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Laidly	Laidly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of the warlock's counsel regard the Laidly Worm |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Provision of milk from seven cows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = Provision of milk from seven cows
1	Provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** |  | milk |  |  |  |  | from seven cows | nom provision «communication intransitive»: of=agent from=obl |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Advice to feed it the milk of seven cows at dawn each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = Advice to feed it the milk of seven cows at dawn each day
1	Advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | to-infinitive | Advice | it |  |  | dawn; day |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient milk=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Instructions to supply the worm with milk from seven black cows every morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = Instructions to supply the worm with milk from seven black cows every morning
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	worm	worm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | to-infinitive | Instructions |  | the worm |  | morning | with milk; from seven black cows | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent worm=Recipient with milk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Supply of bread from nine ovens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1970-pg7439-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = Supply of bread from nine ovens
1	Supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	ovens	oven	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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