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description: Explain the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound Boris. Exam question 3 of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 3 · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

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Explain the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound Boris.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Childe · **What happens:** explain, blast · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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/265-pg14241-part32/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e3:1
# text = Explain the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound Boris.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
9	bugle	bugle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	blast	blast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	Boris	Boris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of the Childe's second bugle blast upon the hound |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **blast** |  | the Childe |  |  |  |  | upon the hound | nom blast «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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 hound ran into the river and drowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e3:o1:1
# text = The hound ran into the river and drowned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the hound |  |  |  |  | into the river *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result |
| 2 | **drown** | participle | the hound *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hound was spared and sent back to the Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e3:o2:1
# text = The hound was spared and sent back to the Hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spare** | past · passive |  | the hound |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **send back** | participle |  |  | the Hall |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hall=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The hound was released from its chain and then beheaded by the Childe with his shining sword

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e3:o3:1
# text = The hound was released from its chain and then beheaded by the Childe with his shining sword
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	shining	shining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past · passive | hound's chain | the hound |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |
| 2 | **behead** | participle | hound's chain *not said here* |  |  |  | then | by the Childe; with his shining sword | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sword=Instrument |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hound was released and beheaded by the Childe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:e3:o4:1
# text = The hound was released and beheaded by the Childe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	beheaded	behead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Childe	Childe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past · passive |  | the hound |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **behead** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the Childe | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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