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description: Which of the following accurately describes the stated sequence by which the prince was enabled to complete the sorting of the grain within the allotted period? Exam question 1 of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following accurately describes the stated sequence by which the prince was enabled to complete the sorting of the grain within the allotted period?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stated sequence, prince · **What happens:** follow, describe, state, enable, complete, allot · **To what, where:** stated sequence, prince, sorting, grain

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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/694-pg2435-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the stated sequence by which the prince was enabled to complete the sorting of the grain within the allotted period?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	enabled	enable	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	complete	complete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sorting	sorting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	within	within	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	allotted	allot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	amod	_	_
26	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the stated sequence |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enable** | past · passive | the stated sequence | the prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **complete** | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | the sorting of the grain |  |  |  | within the allotted period | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorting=Eventuality |
| 6 | **allot** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **sort** |  |  | the grain |  |  |  |  | nom sorting «process 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king of the wood-pigeons summoned a cloud of pigeons that sorted the grain

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = The king of the wood-pigeons summoned a cloud of pigeons that sorted the grain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past | the king of the wood pigeons | a cloud of pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Recipient |
| 2 | **sort** | past | a cloud of pigeons | the grain |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |
| 3 | **cloud** |  |  | pigeons |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the prince despaired, the king of the wood-pigeons, whom he had once spared, summoned a vast cloud of pigeons which swiftly sorted every grain of the mixed sack into its proper heap

<!-- fold The tree, 34 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = After the prince despaired, the king of the wood-pigeons, whom he had once spared, summoned a vast cloud of pigeons which swiftly sorted every grain of the mixed sack into its proper heap
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	despaired	despair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	advmod	_	_
18	spared	spare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
26	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj	_	_
27	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
29	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	30	det	_	_
30	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	amod	_	_
34	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
35	into	into	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
37	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	heap	heap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despair** | participle | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **spare** | past · perfect | king | the wood pigeons |  |  |  | once *property* | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **summon** | past | the king of the wood pigeons | a vast cloud of pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Recipient |
| 4 | **sort** | past | a vast cloud of pigeons | every grain of the mixed sack |  |  |  | into sack's proper heap *goal*; swiftly *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent grain=Theme into heap=Goal |
| 5 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **cloud** |  |  | pigeons |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prince sorted the grain himself with help from a few friendly pigeons in the courtyard

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = The prince sorted the grain himself with help from a few friendly pigeons in the courtyard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | past | the prince | the grain |  | a few friendly pigeons |  | with help; in the courtyard *goal*; prince *obl* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent grain=Theme in courtyard=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king of the wood-pigeons summoned a vast cloud of pigeons that sorted the grain, after the prince had first spent hours trying to sort it himself without success

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:694-pg2435-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = The king of the wood-pigeons summoned a vast cloud of pigeons that sorted the grain, after the prince had first spent hours trying to sort it himself without success
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
8	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	advmod	_	_
24	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
25	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
26	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	sort	sort	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	28	obj	_	_
31	without	without	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past | the king of the wood pigeons | a vast cloud of pigeons |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloud=Recipient |
| 2 | **sort** | past | a vast cloud of pigeons | the grain |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |
| 3 | **spend** | past · perfect · passive |  | the prince |  |  | hour | first *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 4 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **sort** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | grain |  |  |  | without success | tree rules |
| 6 | **cloud** |  |  | pigeons |  |  |  |  | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

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