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# Exam question 1 · Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the…

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Identify which character in the first tale finally secured the release of the condemned lass from her sentence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, first tale, tale · **What happens:** identify, secure, condemn, sentence · **To what, where:** character, release, sentence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 237 «Scottish Fairy Tales, The Golden Ball, My Own Self and the start of The Black Bull of Norroway: the lad beats the bogles, the lass is saved, a fairy child burns her foot, and a girl sets out for her fortune» 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/237-pg14241-part4/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:e1:1
# text = Identify which character in the first tale finally secured the release of the condemned lass from her sentence.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	secured	secure	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | which character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **secure** | past | the first tale | the release of the condemned lass |  | tale's sentence |  | finally *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from sentence=Source |
| 3 | **condemn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sentence** |  | tale |  |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «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 {#o1}

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the lass's mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:e1:o1:1
# text = the lass's mother
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lass	lass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the hangman, who finally gave up the rope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:e1:o2:1
# text = the hangman, who finally gave up the rope
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hangman	hangman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | the hangman | the rope |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the lad's father, who rode in on his horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:e1:o3:1
# text = the lad's father, who rode in on his horse
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride in** | past | the lad's father |  |  |  |  | on father's horse | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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the sweetheart, who arrived bearing the golden ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:237-pg14241-part4:e1:o4:1
# text = the sweetheart, who arrived bearing the golden ball
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sweetheart	sweetheart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the sweetheart |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | the sweetheart *not said here* | the golden ball |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient |

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