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description: Which action did Tuk perform in order to aid the memorisation of his lesson prior to retiring? Exam question 1 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of…

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Which action did Tuk perform in order to aid the memorisation of his lesson prior to retiring?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, aid, retire, memorise · **To what, where:** order, memorisation, lesson

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 307 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Tuk, part 34: Tuk dreams of Danish towns and falls asleep» 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/307-pg1597-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e1:1
# text = Which action did Tuk perform in order to aid the memorisation of his lesson prior to retiring?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Tuk	Tuk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	aid	aid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	memorisation	memorisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	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	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ	17	mark	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	retiring	retire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action |  |  | order |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **aid** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the memorisation of Tuk's lesson |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memorisation=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **retire** | gerund | which action *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **memorise** |  |  | Tuk's lesson |  |  |  |  | nom memorisation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He hid the book.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = He hid the book.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He | the book |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He placed the geography-book beneath his pillow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = He placed the geography-book beneath his pillow.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	geography	geography	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | He | the geography book |  | his pillow |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme beneath pillow=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He tucked the geography-book under his bolster.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = He tucked the geography-book under his bolster.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	geography	geography	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bolster	bolster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | past | He | the geography book |  | his bolster |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent book=Theme under bolster=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He read the book aloud.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:307-pg1597-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = He read the book aloud.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | He | the book |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

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