--- title: Which of the following best describes the woodman's first wish at hi… — English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the woodman's first wish at his home? Exam question 2 of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/250-pg14241-part17/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/250-pg14241-part17/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a… Which of the following best describes the woodman's first wish at his home? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be · **To what, where:** home This is exam question 2 of lesson 250 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Wishes: a woodman spares a tree, gets three wishes, and wastes one on black pudding» 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/250-pg14241-part17/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:e2:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the woodman's first wish at his home? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 woodman woodman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | his home | | of the woodman's best first wish | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He wished for a link of black pudding to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:e2:o1:1 # text = He wished for a link of black pudding to eat 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 link link NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pudding pudding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | He | | | | | for a link of black pudding | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for link=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He wished for a big bowl of hot soup for dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:e2:o2:1 # text = He wished for a big bowl of hot soup for dinner 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | He | | | | | for a big bowl of hot soup; for dinner | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for bowl=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He asked for a pot of stew to share with his wife ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:e2:o3:1 # text = He asked for a pot of stew to share with his wife 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 stew stew NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 with with 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 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | | | | for a pot of stew | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with his wife | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Some bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:250-pg14241-part17:e2:o4:1 # text = Some bread 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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