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title: Which of the following accurately identifies the intended recipients… — Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately identifies the intended recipients of the captured bird after its capture? Exam question 2 of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the intended recipients of the captured bird after its capture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** follow, identify, intend, capture · **To what, where:** intended recipients

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 282 «Andersen's Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 9: the clerk dreams he is a lark, is caught by a sailor-boy and is sold to two schoolboys» 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/282-pg1597-part9/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the intended recipients of the captured bird after its capture?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	recipients	recipient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	captured	capture	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **identify** | present |  | the intended recipients of the captured bird after bird's capture |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent recipient=Theme |
| 3 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **capture** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **capture** |  | bird |  |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A group of merchants who bought the bird at the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:e2:o1:1
# text = A group of merchants who bought the bird at the market
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | a group of merchants | the bird |  | the market |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bird=Theme at market=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it for a lesson on birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:e2:o2:1
# text = Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it for a lesson on birds
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | past | Two schoolboys of the upper class | class |  |  |  | for a lesson; on birds | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme for lesson=Asset |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:e2:o3:1
# text = Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | past | the upper class | class |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it and later set it free in the royal gardens

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:282-pg1597-part9:e2:o4:1
# text = Two schoolboys of the upper class who purchased it and later set it free in the royal gardens
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	schoolboys	schoolboy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
12	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | past | the upper class | class |  |  |  | late *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **set** | past | Two schoolboys of the upper class | class |  | the royal gardens |  | free *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in garden=Destination |

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