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title: Which counsel of the fox did the youngest son disregard, with conseq… — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which counsel of the fox did the youngest son disregard, with consequences to his person? Exam question 1 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

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Which counsel of the fox did the youngest son disregard, with consequences to his person?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** counsel · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** youngest son disregard

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» 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/726-pg2591-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e1:1
# text = Which counsel of the fox did the youngest son disregard, with consequences to his person?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	disregard	disregard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	consequences	consequence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which counsel of the fox | the youngest son disregard and consequences |  |  |  | to counsel's person | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disregard=Eventuality |

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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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Taking a long drink from the river before going on towards the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = Taking a long drink from the river before going on towards the wood
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a long drink |  | the river |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent drink=Theme from river=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | towards the wood | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Sitting down beside the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = Sitting down beside the river
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | gerund |  |  |  | the river |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside river=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sitting down beside the river to rest, despite the fox's clear warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = Sitting down beside the river to rest, despite the fox's clear warning
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | gerund |  |  |  | the river |  | despite the fox's clear warning; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside river=Location |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** |  | the fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eating the bread too quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = Eating the bread too quickly
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | the bread |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

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