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description: Which of the following accurately describes the stratagem by which the doctor recovers the stolen property from the lord's household? Exam question 2 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» of the books co
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets…

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Which of the following accurately describes the stratagem by which the doctor recovers the stolen property from the lord's household?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor · **What happens:** follow, describe, recover, steal · **To what, where:** stratagem, stolen property, household

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 778 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Seven Ravens, part 1: a girl sets out to free her seven brothers, who were turned into ravens» 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/778-pg2591-part54/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the stratagem by which the doctor recovers the stolen property from the lord's household?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	recovers	recover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 stratagem |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent stratagem=Theme |
| 3 | **recover** | present | the doctor | the stolen property |  | the lord's household |  | by the stratagem | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent property=Theme from household=Source |
| 4 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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he returns the gold by stealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e2:o1:1
# text = he returns the gold by stealth
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	stealth	stealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | he | the gold |  |  |  | by stealth | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |

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

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he reports the location without naming the thieves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e2:o2:1
# text = he reports the location without naming the thieves
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	naming	name	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | he | the location |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Patient |
| 2 | **name** | gerund | he *not said here* | the thieves |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he names the thieves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e2:o3:1
# text = he names the thieves
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	names	name	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present | he | the thieves |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he reports the thieves to the lord

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:778-pg2591-part54:e2:o4:1
# text = he reports the thieves to the lord
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reports	report	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thieves	thief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **report** | present | he | the thieves | the lord |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thief=Topic to lord=Recipient |

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