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title: In what manner did the rumour concerning the hens progress from one… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the rumour concerning the hens progress from one poultry-yard to another? Exam question 4 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives…

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In what manner did the rumour concerning the hens progress from one poultry-yard to another?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rumour · **What happens:** do, concern · **To what, where:** rumour, manner, hens progress

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 914 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale: the emperor lives, and the nightingale makes a promise» 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/914-pg27200-part125/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e4:1
# text = In what manner did the rumour concerning the hens progress from one poultry-yard to another?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
13	poultry	poultry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the rumour |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the rumour *not said here* | the hens progress |  |  |  | from one poultry yard to another | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus progress=Experiencer |

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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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It was carried by the owls and grew bigger at each yard along the way

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e4:o1:1
# text = It was carried by the owls and grew bigger at each yard along the way
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	carried	carry	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	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	along	along	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive | the owls | It |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the owls *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at each yard; along the way; big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at yard=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was repeated by the doves, growing bigger each time it was told

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e4:o2:1
# text = It was repeated by the doves, growing bigger each time it was told
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	repeated	repeat	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	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | past · passive | the doves | It |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | the doves *not said here* |  |  |  | time | big *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | each time *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

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

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It was repeated and enlarged at each yard until it returned to its origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e4:o3:1
# text = It was repeated and enlarged at each yard until it returned to its origin
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	enlarged	enlarge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **enlarge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | at each yard | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **return** | past | yard |  |  |  |  | to yard's origin *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to origin=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It travelled from the roost to the barn, then the mill, and grew with every telling

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:914-pg27200-part125:e4:o4:1
# text = It travelled from the roost to the barn, then the mill, and grew with every telling
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roost	roost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	telling	telling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | It |  |  | the roost |  | to the barn and the mill | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to barn=Destination |
| 2 | **grow** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with every telling | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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