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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

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Which of the following, by the reasoning of the narrator, best describes the outcome of the sausage skewer soup?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** follow, describe, reason · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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/992-pg27200-part203/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e1:1
# text = Which of the following, by the reasoning of the narrator, best describes the outcome of the sausage skewer soup?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reasoning	reasoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by the reasoning of the narrator | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by reasoning=Location |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the outcome of the skewer soup |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 3 | **reason** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom reasoning «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The mouse-king ran away from the soup.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e1:o1:1
# text = The mouse-king ran away from the soup.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	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 | **run away** | past | the mouse king |  |  | the soup |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from soup=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The mouse-king agreed to marry the mouse after his tail was burned by the steam

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e1:o2:1
# text = The mouse-king agreed to marry the mouse after his tail was burned by the steam
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  | the mouse king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the mouse |  |  | after king's tail |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient |
| 3 | **burn** | past · passive | the steam | the mouse king |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

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The mouse-king accepted marriage with the mouse as a consequence of scalding his tail

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e1:o3:1
# text = The mouse-king accepted marriage with the mouse as a consequence of scalding his tail
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	scalding	scald	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **scald** | gerund | a consequence *not said here* | king's tail |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The mouse-king refused to wed the mouse, though his tail was scalded at the kettle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e1:o4:1
# text = The mouse-king refused to wed the mouse, though his tail was scalded at the kettle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	tail	tail	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	scalded	scald	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | past | the mouse king |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive | the mouse king *not said here* | the mouse |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Patient |
| 3 | **scald** | past · passive |  | king's tail |  | the kettle |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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