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title: Which option correctly identifies the purpose of the wife's advice c… — English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jac… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which option correctly identifies the purpose of the wife's advice concerning the servants of the castle? Exam question 2 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife send…

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Which option correctly identifies the purpose of the wife's advice concerning the servants of the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** option, advice · **What happens:** identify, concern, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose, servants

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 244 «English Fairy Tales, Gobborn Seer: Jack's clever wife sends him back to tell a tale, and the king's son is trapped in a chest» 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/244-pg14241-part11/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e2:1
# text = Which option correctly identifies the purpose of the wife's advice concerning the servants of the castle?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which option | the purpose of the wife's advice |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the wife's advice *not said here* | the servants of the castle |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus servant=Experiencer |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the wife's advice |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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It was intended to reduce the number of workers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e2:o1:1
# text = It was intended to reduce the number of workers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reduce** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the number of workers |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer number=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It was intended to conceal the king's intentions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e2:o2:1
# text = It was intended to conceal the king's intentions
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the king's intentions |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Patient |
| 3 | **intend** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was intended to delay the completion of the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e2:o3:1
# text = It was intended to delay the completion of the work
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	delay	delay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	completion	completion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **delay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the completion of the work |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent completion=Source |
| 3 | **complete** |  |  | the work |  |  |  |  | nom completion «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It was intended to foster friendly relations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:244-pg14241-part11:e2:o4:1
# text = It was intended to foster friendly relations
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	foster	foster	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **foster** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | friendly relations |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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