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title: Which consequence is attributed in the narrative to the tailor's use… — Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Be… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which consequence is attributed in the narrative to the tailor's use of black thread? Exam question 3 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways a…

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Which consequence is attributed in the narrative to the tailor's use of black thread?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tailor · **What happens:** attribute, use · **To what, where:** consequence, narrative, black thread

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» 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/730-pg2591-part6/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e3:1
# text = Which consequence is attributed in the narrative to the tailor's use of black thread?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	thread	thread	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 | **attribute** | present · passive |  | which consequence |  | the narrative |  | to the tailor's use of black thread | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  | the tailor | black thread |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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All beans since then bear a black seam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = All beans since then bear a black seam
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
5	bear	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	seam	seam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | infinitive | all beans | a black seam |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All beans since then bear a black seam from the tailor's thread and the coal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = All beans since then bear a black seam from the tailor's thread and the coal
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	since	since	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
5	bear	bear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	seam	seam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | infinitive | all beans | a black seam |  | the tailor's thread and the coal |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seam=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are cooked fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = They are cooked fast
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beans now cook faster than before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = Beans now cook faster than before
1	Beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | Beans |  |  |  | now | fast *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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