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title: Indicate the purpose for which the aged king obtained the goose. — Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silv… · tree and pragmatics
description: Indicate the purpose for which the aged king obtained the goose. Exam question 4 of lesson 1998 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous queen's plots end in her own death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous…

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Indicate the purpose for which the aged king obtained the goose.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, aged king · **What happens:** indicate, obtain · **To what, where:** purpose, goose

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1998 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Gold-tree and Silver-tree: the jealous queen's plots end in her own death» 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/1998-pg7885-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:e4:1
# text = Indicate the purpose for which the aged king obtained the goose.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **obtain** | past | the aged king | the goose |  |  |  | for the purpose | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent goose=Theme for which=Asset |

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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}

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to cheer him up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = to cheer him up
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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to dive for trout and divert the old king from his grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = to dive for trout and divert the old king from his grief
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dive	dive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	trout	trout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	divert	divert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for trout | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for trout=Theme |
| 2 | **divert** | infinitive |  | the old king |  | king's grief |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer |

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

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to divert him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = to divert him
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	divert	divert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divert** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to divert the old king from his sad, long years in the glen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1998-pg7885-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = to divert the old king from his sad, long years in the glen
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	divert	divert	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	glen	glen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divert** | to-infinitive |  | the old king |  | the glen | year |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer |

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