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title: State which creature, according to the narrator, possesses a body of… — Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairil… · tree and pragmatics
description: State which creature, according to the narrator, possesses a body of one piece from nose to tail, and note its capacity to turn. Exam question 2 of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's jour…

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State which creature, according to the narrator, possesses a body of one piece from nose to tail, and note its capacity to turn.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** State creature · **What happens:** accord, possess, note, turn · **To what, where:** body, capacity

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1036 «Gods and Fighting Men, Tuan mac Cairill, the salmon's journey and rebirth» 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/1036-pg2892-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:e2:1
# text = State which creature, according to the narrator, possesses a body of one piece from nose to tail, and note its capacity to turn.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	note	note	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
23	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	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 | **possess** | present | which State creature and the narrator | a body of one piece from nose |  |  |  | to tail | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot body=Theme |
| 3 | **note** | infinitive | which State creature and the narrator *not said here* | tail's capacity |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent capacity=Topic |
| 4 | **turn** | to-infinitive | which State creature and the narrator *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The hawk, which hovers in one place and drops in one long swoop over the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = The hawk, which hovers in one place and drops in one long swoop over the river
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hawk	hawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hovers	hover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
10	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	swoop	swoop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hover** | present | the hawk |  |  | one place |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 2 | **drop** | present | the hawk |  |  | one long swoop |  | over the river | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent in swoop=Destination over river=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The otter, which spins in one turn and glides in one smooth motion across the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = The otter, which spins in one turn and glides in one smooth motion across the water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	otter	otter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
10	glides	glide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | the otter |  |  | one turn |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in turn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **glide** | present | the otter |  |  | one smooth motion across the water |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in motion=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement, and never bends its back at all in the water

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement, and never bends its back at all in the water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	bends	bend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
19	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	obl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the fish |  |  | one turn |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in turn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | present | the fish *not said here* |  |  | one sole movement |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in movement=Trajectory |
| 3 | **not** **bend** | present | the fish *not said here* | fish's back |  | all |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent back=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1036-pg2892-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = The fish, which turns in one turn and moves in one sole movement
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the fish |  |  | one turn |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in turn=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | present | the fish *not said here* |  |  | one sole movement |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in movement=Trajectory |

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