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title: Which action of the priest caused Helga to sit meekly before him? — Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the fro… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action of the priest caused Helga to sit meekly before him? Exam question 4 of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 4 · Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest,…

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Which action of the priest caused Helga to sit meekly before him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, Helga, priest · **What happens:** cause, sit, act · **To what, where:** Helga

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 892 «Viking Tales, Helga, part 103: the frog frees the priest, and at sunrise Helga turns back into a girl» 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/892-pg27200-part103/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e4:1
# text = Which action of the priest caused Helga to sit meekly before him?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Helga	Helga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	meekly	meekly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | which action of the priest | Helga |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | to-infinitive | Helga *not said here* |  |  |  | before action | meekly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location |
| 3 | **act** |  | the priest |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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The strips of bark he wore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e4:o1:1
# text = The strips of bark he wore
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strips	strip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bark	bark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the strips of bark |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The offer of a horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e4:o2:1
# text = The offer of a horse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** |  |  | a horse |  |  |  |  | nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The sign of the cross made upon her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e4:o3:1
# text = The sign of the cross made upon her
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the sign of the cross |  |  |  |  | upon her *= she* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **sign** |  |  | the cross |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The shout of holy names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:892-pg27200-part103:e4:o4:1
# text = The shout of holy names
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** |  |  | holy names |  |  |  |  | nom shout «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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