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title: Which outcome did Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce? — English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which outcome did Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce? Exam question 1 of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's c…

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Which outcome did Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** outcome, Mally · **What happens:** do, handle · **To what, where:** handling, bag

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 236 «English Fairy Tales, Jan and His Wife: Mally ruins Jan's chores, loses the groats to a robber, and the couple wins them back» 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/236-pg14241-part3/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e1:1
# text = Which outcome did Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mally	Mally	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	handling	handling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	groats	groat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	produce	produce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which outcome | Mally's handling of the bag of groats produce |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **handle** |  | Mally | the bag of groats produce |  |  |  |  | nom handling «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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She lent it to a gentleman in a fine coat who promised to return it next week with interest and more

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e1:o1:1
# text = She lent it to a gentleman in a fine coat who promised to return it next week with interest and more
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | past | She | it | a gentleman | a fine coat |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to gentleman=Recipient |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | a fine coat |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fine coat *not said here* | coat |  |  | week | with interest | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She surrendered it to a robber posing as a gentleman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e1:o2:1
# text = She surrendered it to a robber posing as a gentleman
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	posing	pose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surrender** | past | She | it | a robber |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to robber=Recipient |
| 2 | **pose** | gerund | a robber *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a gentleman | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as gentleman=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She handed it to a man who pretended to be a rich gentleman and then ran off

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e1:o3:1
# text = She handed it to a man who pretended to be a rich gentleman and then ran off
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	handed	hand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	off	off	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hand** | past | She | it | a man |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to man=Destination |
| 2 | **pretend** | past | a man |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | a rich gentleman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **run off** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She lost it to a thief who acted like a rich man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:236-pg14241-part3:e1:o4:1
# text = She lost it to a thief who acted like a rich man
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	acted	act	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | She | it |  |  |  | to a thief | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **act** | past | a thief |  |  |  |  | like a rich man | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like man=Attribute |

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