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# Exam question 2 · More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms t…

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With reference to the text, state the reason given for the Mayor's refusal to pay the stated sum in full.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mayor · **What happens:** give, pay, state, refuse · **To what, where:** reason, stated sum, full

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 235 «More English Fairy Tales, The Pied Piper: a piper charms the rats, then leads the children away for good» 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/235-pg14241-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, state the reason given for the Mayor's refusal to pay the stated sum in full.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | for the Mayor's refusal | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for refusal=Asset |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | the stated sum |  | full |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Asset |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **refuse** |  | the Mayor |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The money had gone to the church roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = The money had gone to the church roof
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | the money |  |  | the church roof |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to roof=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late by the costs of the feast

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late by the costs of the feast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	emptied	empty	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	costs	cost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empty** | past · perfect · passive | the costs of the feast | the money chest |  |  |  | sadly *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Theme of late=Source |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | the feast |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town coffers were quite empty lately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = The town coffers were quite empty lately
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	coffers	coffer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	lately	lately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coffer** | present | the town *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the town |  |  |  |  | empty, lately *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:235-pg14241-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = The town money chest had been sadly emptied of late
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	emptied	empty	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empty** | past · perfect · passive |  | the money chest |  |  |  | of late; sadly *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme of late=Source |

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