--- title: State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the ca… — Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the… · tree and pragmatics description: State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the castle when the king enquires. Exam question 3 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/702-pg2435-part42/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/702-pg2435-part42/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri… State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the castle when the king enquires. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fox, king · **What happens:** give, enquire, absent · **To what, where:** reason, servants This is exam question 3 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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/702-pg2435-part42/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e3:1 # text = State the reason the fox gives for the absence of servants in the castle when the king enquires. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 enquires enquire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | the fox | the reason *not said here* | | | | for the absence of servants in the castle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for absence=Asset | | 2 | **enquire** *speech: other* | present | the king | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **absent** | | | servants in the castle | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} The princess wished to hire them later herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e3:o1:1 # text = The princess wished to hire them later herself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 hire hire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **hire** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | princess *obl*; late *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Count wished the princess to choose them herself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e3:o2:1 # text = The Count wished the princess to choose them herself 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish 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 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the Count | the princess | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | | 2 | **choose** | to-infinitive | the Count *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary herself=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Count said the king's men should choose them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e3:o3:1 # text = The Count said the king's men should choose them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Count count NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say 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 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Count | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **choose** | should | the king's men | them *= they* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The princess picks them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e3:o4:1 # text = The princess picks them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 picks pick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | present | the princess | them *= they* | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | **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; 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