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description: According to the passage, what did Genghis Khan do after discovering the dead snake? Exam question 2 of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor…

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According to the passage, what did Genghis Khan do after discovering the dead snake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, Genghis · **What happens:** accord, do, discover · **To what, where:** dead snake

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 355 «Tales for Young Folks, The Barmecide Feast, part 15: poor Schacabac is treated to a pretend feast by a rich old man» 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/355-pg18442-part15/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:e2:1
# text = According to the passage, what did Genghis Khan do after discovering the dead snake?
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	Genghis	Genghis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	Khan	Khan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 | **do** | past | the passage |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **discover** | present · do-support | Genghis | the dead snake |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He carried the dead hawk home in his hunting bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:e2:o1:1
# text = He carried the dead hawk home in his hunting bag
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | the dead hawk |  | hawk's hunting bag |  | home *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hawk=Value in bag=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He ordered his men to hunt the snake down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:e2:o2:1
# text = He ordered his men to hunt the snake down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | He |  | his men |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent man=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hunt down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the snake |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He buried the hawk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:e2:o3:1
# text = He buried the hawk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	buried	bury	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	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | past | He | the hawk |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hawk=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He had the snake cut up and sent away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:355-pg18442-part15:e2:o4:1
# text = He had the snake cut up and sent away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	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	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | the snake |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snake=Patient |
| 2 | **cut up** | participle |  | the snake *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **send away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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