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title: Which of the following describes the sequence in which the carter's… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the sequence in which the carter's horses were destroyed? Exam question 1 of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…

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Which of the following describes the sequence in which the carter's horses were destroyed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, destroy · **To what, where:** sequence, horses

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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/732-pg2591-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the sequence in which the carter's horses were destroyed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	carter	carter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **describe** | present |  | the sequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 3 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | the carter's horses |  | the sequence |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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first by a blow from the hatchet, then by the sparrow pecking, and finally by drowning in the well water

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = first by a blow from the hatchet, then by the sparrow pecking, and finally by drowning in the well water
1	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pecking	pecking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	well	well	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | gerund |  |  |  | the well water |  | finally *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
first by pecking, then by a blow from the hatchet, and finally by fire

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = first by pecking, then by a blow from the hatchet, and finally by fire
1	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
2	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	pecking	peck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by a blow from the hatchet; by fire; first *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by blow=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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first by a blow from the hatchet, then by a blow from the hatchet, and finally by pecking

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = first by a blow from the hatchet, then by a blow from the hatchet, and finally by pecking
1	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	pecking	peck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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first by the carter's own blow, then by the wife's hatchet, and finally by the sparrow pecking them to death

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:732-pg2591-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = first by the carter's own blow, then by the wife's hatchet, and finally by the sparrow pecking them to death
1	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carter	carter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	hatchet	hatchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
21	pecking	peck	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | gerund | the sparrow *not said here* | blow |  |  |  | to death *result* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient to death=Result |
| 2 | **blow** |  | the carter |  |  |  |  |  | nom blow «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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