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description: Which vessel, having consented to accompany its companion, was reduced to fragments after the first jolt? Exam question 3 of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…

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Which vessel, having consented to accompany its companion, was reduced to fragments after the first jolt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vessel · **What happens:** have, consent, accompany, reduce · **To what, where:** companion, vessel, fragments

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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/371-pg19994-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e3:1
# text = Which vessel, having consented to accompany its companion, was reduced to fragments after the first jolt?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	consented	consent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	accompany	accompany	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	jolt	jolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | which vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **consent** | participle | which vessel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | which vessel *not said here* | vessel's companion |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Theme |
| 4 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | which vessel |  |  | after the first jolt | to fragments *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to fragment=Goal |

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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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The Earthen Pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = The Earthen Pot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Earthen	Earthen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Earthen Pot, having agreed to travel with its companion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = The Earthen Pot, having agreed to travel with its companion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Earthen	Earthen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Pot	Pot	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund · perfect | the Earthen Pot |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **travel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Earthen Pot *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Pot's companion | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Brass Pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = The Brass Pot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Brass	Brass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brass pot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:371-pg19994-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = Brass pot
1	Brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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