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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the c…

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State the outcome of the cook's final pursuit, and identify the agent responsible for the cook's death.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cook · **What happens:** state, identify, pursue, die · **To what, where:** outcome, agent

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 740 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fundevogel: the children escape the cook by magic» 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/740-pg2591-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:740-pg2591-part16:e3:1
# text = State the outcome of the cook's final pursuit, and identify the agent responsible for the cook's death.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	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 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of the cook's final pursuit |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **identify** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the agent |  |  |  | responsible *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pursue** |  | the cook |  |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **die** |  | the cook |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the cook drowned in the pond, the duck being the agent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:740-pg2591-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = the cook drowned in the pond, the duck being the agent
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | participle |  | the cook and the agent *not said here* |  | the pond |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | the duck | the agent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the cook was burned, the forester being the agent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:740-pg2591-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = the cook was burned, the forester being the agent
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forester	forester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · passive |  | the cook |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | the forester | the agent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the cook was burned alive in the kitchen fire, the forester being the agent of her death in the end

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:740-pg2591-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = the cook was burned alive in the kitchen fire, the forester being the agent of her death in the end
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	forester	forester	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past · passive |  | the cook |  | the kitchen fire | in the end | alive *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund | the forester | the agent |  |  |  | of her death | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the cook was pulled under the water in the pond by a fish and drowned there

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:740-pg2591-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = the cook was pulled under the water in the pond by a fish and drowned there
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past · passive | a fish | the cook |  | the water |  | in the pond | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **drown** | past | a fish *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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