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title: Which of the following best accounts for the miser's eventual confes… — Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best accounts for the miser's eventual confession before the assembled court? Exam question 3 of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Els…

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Which of the following best accounts for the miser's eventual confession before the assembled court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** miser · **What happens:** follow, assemble, confess

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 758 «Grimm's Household Tales, The Miser in the Bush: Clever Elsie runs off, and a servant turns a miser's money into a dancing bush» 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/758-pg2591-part34/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best accounts for the miser's eventual confession before the assembled court?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	eventual	eventual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **confess** |  | the miser |  |  |  |  |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: 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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He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:e3:o1:1
# text = He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past · passive | the compulsion of the fiddle | He |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the compulsion of the fiddle *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth and to confess his every crime

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:e3:o2:1
# text = He was compelled by the compulsion of the fiddle to speak the truth and to confess his every crime
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	compulsion	compulsion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	confess	confess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past · passive | the compulsion of the fiddle | He |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the compulsion of the fiddle *not said here* | the truth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **confess** | to-infinitive | the compulsion of the fiddle *not said here* | his crime |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Topic |
| 4 | **incriminate** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was moved by a guilty conscience after the dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:e3:o3:1
# text = He was moved by a guilty conscience after the dance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conscience	conscience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past · passive | a guilty conscience | He |  |  | after the dance |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was overcome by remorse upon seeing the gallows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:758-pg2591-part34:e3:o4:1
# text = He was overcome by remorse upon seeing the gallows
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	remorse	remorse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcome** | past · passive | remorse | He |  |  |  |  | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | gerund | remorse *not said here* | the gallows |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gallows=Stimulus |

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