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title: Which figure of speech describes Mongan's face when Duv Laca defies… — Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which figure of speech describes Mongan's face when Duv Laca defies him? Exam question 4 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 4 · Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan tr…

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Which figure of speech describes Mongan's face when Duv Laca defies him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** figure, Duv · **What happens:** describe, defy, figure · **To what, where:** face, figure, speech

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1071 «Gods and Fighting Men, Mongan's Frenzy, part 39: Mongan trades cows for Duv Laca» 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/1071-pg2892-part39/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e4:1
# text = Which figure of speech describes Mongan's face when Duv Laca defies him?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Mongan	Mongan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	Duv	Duv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	Laca	Laca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	defies	defy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which figure of speech | Mongan's face |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 2 | **defy** | present | Duv | figure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **figure** |  |  | speech |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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a face as red as a sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e4:o1:1
# text = a face as red as a sunset
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a face like a red rose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e4:o2:1
# text = a face like a red rose
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a face as red as a sunset sky, with a tongue sharp as a sword

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e4:o3:1
# text = a face as red as a sunset sky, with a tongue sharp as a sword
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a face as pale as the moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1071-pg2892-part39:e4:o4:1
# text = a face as pale as the moon
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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