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title: Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the anim… — Just So Stories, The Butterfly that St… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the animals of the world in a single day. Exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wis…

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Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the animals of the world in a single day.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Suleiman · **What happens:** ascertain, feed, attempt · **To what, where:** consequence, animals

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 96 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 1: a wise king, a hungry Animal and a butterfly's boast» 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/96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence of Suleiman's attempt to feed all the animals of the world in a single day.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence of Suleiman's attempt |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **feed** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  | all animals of the world |  | day |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient |
| 3 | **attempt** |  | Suleiman |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act 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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The entire meal was consumed by one Animal from the sea in three mouthfuls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast:e2:o1:1
# text = The entire meal was consumed by one Animal from the sea in three mouthfuls
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	Animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	mouthfuls	mouthful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past · passive | one Animal | the entire meal |  | the sea |  | in three mouthfuls | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was eaten by ants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast:e2:o2:1
# text = It was eaten by ants
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	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past · passive | ants | It |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The feast was divided fairly among all the hungry animals in the palace garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast:e2:o3:1
# text = The feast was divided fairly among all the hungry animals in the palace garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	feast	feast	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	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past · passive |  | the feast |  |  |  | among all hungry animals in the palace garden; fairly *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The whole banquet vanished under a great wave from the sea, which nobody saw

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:96-justso-butterfly-1-the-boast:e2:o4:1
# text = The whole banquet vanished under a great wave from the sea, which nobody saw
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	nsubj	_	_
15	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | the whole banquet |  |  | a great wave from the sea |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | nobody | a great wave from the sea |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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