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title: State the principal consequence of the bear's intervention in the na… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Ro… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal consequence of the bear's intervention in the narrative. Exam question 2 of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf ge…

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State the principal consequence of the bear's intervention in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bear · **What happens:** intervene · **To what, where:** narrative

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 789 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-white and Rose-red: the dwarf gets his end» 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/789-pg2591-part65/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:e2:1
# text = State the principal consequence of the bear's intervention in the narrative.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intervene** |  | the bear |  |  | the narrative |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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The girls were married and the bear was killed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:e2:o1:1
# text = The girls were married and the bear was killed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | past · passive |  | the girls |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | past · passive |  | the bear |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The dwarf was killed by the bear, and the girls went home with all his treasure

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:e2:o2:1
# text = The dwarf was killed by the bear, and the girls went home with all his treasure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	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	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	home	home	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	17	det:predet	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | the bear | the dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | the girls |  |  |  |  | with dwarf's treasure; home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with treasure=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **treasure** |  | dwarf |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The dwarf was killed, and the king's son was released from his enchantment

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:e2:o3:1
# text = The dwarf was killed, and the king's son was released from his enchantment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	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	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | the dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **release** | past · passive |  | the king's son |  | dwarf's enchantment |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **enchant** |  | dwarf |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The dwarf was killed by the bear, and the king's son was released, but the girls lost their mother in the forest

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:789-pg2591-part65:e2:o4:1
# text = The dwarf was killed by the bear, and the king's son was released, but the girls lost their mother in the forest
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarf	dwarf	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	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | the bear | the dwarf |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **release** | past · passive |  | the king's son |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **lose** | past | the girls | girls's mother |  | the forest |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Eventuality |

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