--- title: To which of the following did the second sibling's refusal to share… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads o… · tree and pragmatics description: To which of the following did the second sibling's refusal to share her provisions most directly give rise? Exam question 1 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/e1/) [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, The Three Heads o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1976-pg7439-part35/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude g… To which of the following did the second sibling's refusal to share her provisions most directly give rise? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** second sibling, her · **What happens:** follow, share, give, refuse, provide · **To what, where:** provisions, rise This is exam question 1 of lesson 1976 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well: a rude girl is cursed by the heads and wed to a cobbler» 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/1976-pg7439-part35/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e1:1 # text = To which of the following did the second sibling's refusal to share her provisions most directly give rise? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 sibling sibling NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 refusal refusal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 17 advmod _ _ 17 directly directly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 19 rise rise NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | | her provisions | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | infinitive | | rise | | | | directly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rise=Theme | | 4 | **refuse** | | the second sibling | | | | | | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **provide** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 hermit's gift ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e1:o1:1 # text = the hermit's gift 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gift** | | the hermit | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} the hedge closing on her path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e1:o2:1 # text = the hedge closing on her path 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | gerund | the hedge *not said here* | | | her path | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the curse of the old man's wrath ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e1:o3:1 # text = the curse of the old man's wrath 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | | | the old man's wrath | | | | | nom curse «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the old man's curse of evil fortune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1976-pg7439-part35:e1:o4:1 # text = the old man's curse of evil fortune 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curse** | | the old man | evil fortune | | | | | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | **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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