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title: To what extent did Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindnes… — Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: T… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindness and his deceit toward the captain justify his eventual employment as a scullion? Exam question 1 of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 1 · Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla…

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To what extent did Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindness and his deceit toward the captain justify his eventual employment as a scullion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** exploitation, Tiidu · **What happens:** justify, exploit, employ · **To what, where:** eventual employment, kindness

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 678 «Estonian Folk Tales, Tiidu, part 18: Tiidu sails to Kungla and becomes a scullion» 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/678-pg2435-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e1:1
# text = To what extent did Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindness and his deceit toward the captain justify his eventual employment as a scullion?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	obl	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
5	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	exploitation	exploitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fellow	fellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	justify	justify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	as	as	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	scullion	scullion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **justify** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Tiidu's exploitation of a fellow sailor's kindness and exploitation's deceit toward the captain | exploitation's eventual employment |  |  |  | as a scullion | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent employment=Topic to what=Recipient |
| 2 | **exploit** |  | Tiidu | a fellow sailor's kindness and exploitation's deceit toward the captain |  |  |  |  | nom exploitation «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 3 | **employ** |  | exploitation |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tiidu's deceit was deliberate, and his employment followed from his own avarice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = Tiidu's deceit was deliberate, and his employment followed from his own avarice
1	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	avarice	avarice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Tiidu's deceit |  |  |  |  | deliberate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | past | Tiidu's employment |  |  | employment's own avarice |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent from avarice=Trajectory |
| 3 | **employ** |  | Tiidu |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was entirely his own fault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = It was entirely his own fault
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | his own fault |  |  |  | entirely *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tiidu's deceit was deliberate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = Tiidu's deceit was deliberate
1	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Tiidu's deceit |  |  |  |  | deliberate *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His deceit was forgiven, and his employment was a reward for his honest, hardworking nature

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:678-pg2435-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = His deceit was forgiven, and his employment was a reward for his honest, hardworking nature
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
14	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	hardworking	hardworking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | past · passive |  | His deceit |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | his employment | a reward |  |  |  | for his honest hardworking nature | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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