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description: Identify the sequence in which the three companions were left to prepare the midday meal before Paul's own turn. Exam question 3 of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» of the bo
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# Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels…

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Identify the sequence in which the three companions were left to prepare the midday meal before Paul's own turn.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, three companions · **What happens:** identify, leave, prepare · **To what, where:** sequence, three companions, midday meal

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 711 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Shepherd Paul, part 51: Niels is caught and wed, then Paul gathers three strong friends and finds a dragon's captive» 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/711-pg2435-part51/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:e3:1
# text = Identify the sequence in which the three companions were left to prepare the midday meal before Paul's own turn.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	companions	companion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past · passive |  | the three companions |  | the sequence |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | the three companions *not said here* | the midday meal |  |  | before Paul's own turn |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stone Crusher, Tree Comber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:e3:o1:1
# text = Stone Crusher, Tree Comber
1	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Crusher	Crusher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Iron Kneader, Tree Comber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:e3:o2:1
# text = Iron Kneader, Tree Comber
1	Iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Kneader	Kneader	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stone Crusher, Iron Kneader, Tree Comber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:e3:o3:1
# text = Stone Crusher, Iron Kneader, Tree Comber
1	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Crusher	Crusher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Kneader	Kneader	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Tree Comber, Stone Crusher, Iron Kneader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:711-pg2435-part51:e3:o4:1
# text = Tree Comber, Stone Crusher, Iron Kneader
1	Tree	Tree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Comber	Comber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	Crusher	Crusher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Kneader	Kneader	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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