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title: According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning t… — Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 20… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning the prisoner's conduct? Exam question 2 of lesson 991 «Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 2 · Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse…

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According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning the prisoner's conduct?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** turnkey remark, prisoner · **What happens:** accord, do, concern, conduct · **To what, where:** turnkey remark, conduct

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 991 «Mouse Tales, The Mouse's Tale, part 202: the fourth mouse bursts in and tells of her jail escape» 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/991-pg27200-part202/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what did the turnkey remark concerning the prisoner's conduct?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	turnkey	turnkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the turnkey remark |  |  |  | accord the narrative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the turnkey remark *not said here* | the prisoner's conduct |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 4 | **conduct** |  | the prisoner |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the affair resembled the making of soup of sausage skewers.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:e2:o1:1
# text = That the affair resembled the making of soup of sausage skewers.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	affair	affair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	resembled	resemble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	making	making	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	skewers	skewer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | past | that affair | the making of soup of sausage skewers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** |  | soup of sausage skewers |  |  |  |  |  | nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the prisoner was innocent.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:e2:o2:1
# text = That the prisoner was innocent.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that prisoner |  |  |  |  | innocent *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the prisoner had spoken foolishly about the soup.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:e2:o3:1
# text = That the prisoner had spoken foolishly about the soup.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	foolishly	foolishly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | that prisoner |  |  |  | about the soup; foolishly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the prisoner's remarks were quite entirely harmless.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:991-pg27200-part202:e2:o4:1
# text = That the prisoner's remarks were quite entirely harmless.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	remarks	remark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that prisoner's remarks |  |  |  |  | entirely, harmless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remark** |  | that prisoner |  |  |  |  |  | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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