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title: Which of the following did the mother stork state as the purpose of… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the mother stork state as the purpose of the autumn review? Exam question 1 of lesson 993 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks, part 204: the young storks learn to fly and plan revenge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks, part 204: the young st…

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Which of the following did the mother stork state as the purpose of the autumn review?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** autumn review · **What happens:** follow, do, purpose · **To what, where:** stork state

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 993 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Storks, part 204: the young storks learn to fly and plan revenge» 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/993-pg27200-part204/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:993-pg27200-part204:e1:1
# text = Which of the following did the mother stork state as the purpose of the autumn review?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	review	review	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the stork state |  |  |  | as the purpose of the autumn review | tree rules |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the autumn review |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To ascertain that every stork can fly properly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:993-pg27200-part204:e1:o1:1
# text = To ascertain that every stork can fly properly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | can | every stork |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To make sure every young stork can fly well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:993-pg27200-part204:e1:o2:1
# text = To make sure every young stork can fly well
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **fly** | can | every young stork |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To ascertain that every stork can fly properly and quickly in formation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:993-pg27200-part204:e1:o3:1
# text = To ascertain that every stork can fly properly and quickly in formation
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	formation	formation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fly** | can | every stork |  |  | formation |  | properly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in formation=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To judge which storks deserve a mark of honor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:993-pg27200-part204:e1:o4:1
# text = To judge which storks deserve a mark of honor
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	judge	judge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	storks	stork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honor	honor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | storks | a mark of honor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mark** |  |  | honor |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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