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description: Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Carl moves along the road at the commencement of the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: th…

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Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Carl moves along the road at the commencement of the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Carl · **What happens:** follow, describe, move · **To what, where:** manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1058 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Carl of the Coat-Tails, part 26: the Carl stops for blackberries while Fionn waits for news» 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/1058-pg2892-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Carl moves along the road at the commencement of the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Carl	Carl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
14	along	along	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **move** | present | the Carl |  |  | the manner |  | along the road; at the commencement of the passage | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in which=Source along road=Trajectory at commencement=Destination |

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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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He advances by lengthy hopping on one leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = He advances by lengthy hopping on one leg
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	advances	advance	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lengthy	lengthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
5	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advance** | present | He |  |  |  |  | by lengthy | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hop** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | one leg |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on leg=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds along the road, covering vast distances with each

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds along the road, covering vast distances with each
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bounds	bound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	along	along	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	covering	cover	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | He |  |  | extensive legged bounds |  | along the road | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cover** | gerund | He *not said here* | vast distances |  |  |  | with each | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent distance=Destination with each=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He travels by rapid bounding on all fours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = He travels by rapid bounding on all fours
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bounding	bound	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	fours	four	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bound** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | all fours |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on four=Trajectory |

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

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He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1058-pg2892-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = He proceeds in extensive two-legged bounds
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	legged	legged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bounds	bound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | He |  |  | extensive legged bounds |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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