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description: Which option accurately reports the outcome of the ogre's final attempt at a meal? Exam question 4 of lesson 708 «Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the ogre with a crowd of look-alikes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the…

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Which option accurately reports the outcome of the ogre's final attempt at a meal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** option, ogre · **What happens:** report, attempt · **To what, where:** outcome, meal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 708 «Tales of Many Lands, Motikatika: the clever baby fools the ogre with a crowd of look-alikes» 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/708-pg2435-part48/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:e4:1
# text = Which option accurately reports the outcome of the ogre's final attempt at a meal?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | which option | the outcome of the ogre's final attempt at a meal |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Patient |
| 2 | **attempt** |  | the ogre |  |  | a meal |  |  | nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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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He eats Motikatika's father by mistake after shaving all the village children's heads

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:e4:o1:1
# text = He eats Motikatika's father by mistake after shaving all the village children's heads
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Motikatika	Motikatika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	shaving	shave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | He | Motikatika's father |  |  |  | by mistake | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient |
| 2 | **shave** | gerund | He *not said here* | all village |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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He eats Motikatika's father by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:e4:o2:1
# text = He eats Motikatika's father by mistake
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Motikatika	Motikatika	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | He | Motikatika's father |  |  |  | by mistake | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is tricked and eats only beans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:e4:o3:1
# text = He is tricked and eats only beans
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **eat** | present |  | beans |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bean=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He eats the mother by accident at last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:708-pg2435-part48:e4:o4:1
# text = He eats the mother by accident at last
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | He | the mother |  | last |  | by accident | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient |

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