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description: According to the passage, what was the father's response when his son confessed to felling the cherry tree? Exam question 1 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighter…

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According to the passage, what was the father's response when his son confessed to felling the cherry tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passage, son · **What happens:** accord, be, confess, fell · **To what, where:** response, cherry tree

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 348 «Tales of Courage, Arnold Winkelried, part 1: Swiss fighters face the spears, and Winkelried gives his life» 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/348-pg18442-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e1:1
# text = According to the passage, what was the father's response when his son confessed to felling the cherry tree?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	confessed	confess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	felling	fell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	cherry	cherry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the passage and the father's response | the father's response |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **confess** | past | his son |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fell** | gerund | his son *not said here* | the cherry tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 shouted at the boy for lying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = He shouted at the boy for lying
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He |  |  |  |  | at the boy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He punished the boy severely at first but forgave him in the end because of his honesty and courage

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = He punished the boy severely at first but forgave him in the end because of his honesty and courage
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	punished	punish	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	forgave	forgive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | past | He | the boy |  |  |  | severely *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient |
| 2 | **forgive** | past | He *not said here* | boy |  |  | in the end | because boy's honesty and courage | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He forgave the boy because of his honesty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = He forgave the boy because of his honesty
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgave	forgive	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past | He | the boy |  |  |  | because boy's honesty | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He forgave the boy because he was honest about the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:348-pg18442-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = He forgave the boy because he was honest about the tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgave	forgive	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past | He | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | about the tree; honest *property* | tree rules |

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