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title: Which of the following is the most accurate description of the youth… — Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the Kin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the most accurate description of the youth's character at the end of the part? Exam question 4 of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo
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# Exam question 4 · Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 4…

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Which of the following is the most accurate description of the youth's character at the end of the part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 703 «Folk Tales, The Lazy Youth and the King's Herdsman, part 43: the youth hides the pigs and sheep and tricks the herdsman» 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/703-pg2435-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:e4:1
# text = Which of the following is the most accurate description of the youth's character at the end of the part?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the accurate description; of the youth's character at the end of the part | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour, though he is also quite sorry for his lies in the end

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour, though he is also quite sorry for his lies in the end
1	Cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	also	also	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
16	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | deceit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deceit=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | honest labour |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent labour=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | for his lies in the end; sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lie** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  | in the end |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour
1	Cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
6	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | deceit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deceit=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | honest labour |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent labour=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour and to shame his father

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = Cunning and idle, using deceit to avoid honest labour and to shame his father
1	Cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
6	deceit	deceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	shame	shame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | gerund |  | deceit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deceit=Patient |
| 2 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | honest labour |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent labour=Location |
| 3 | **shame** | to-infinitive |  | his father |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gentle and hardworking, always willing to help the herdsman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:703-pg2435-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = Gentle and hardworking, always willing to help the herdsman
1	Gentle	Gentle	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hardworking	hardworking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	herdsman	herdsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | the herdsman |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herdsman=Beneficiary |

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