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title: Identify the meaning of the archaic term "importunate" as employed b… — Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning of the archaic term "importunate" as employed by the faggot-maker in the passage. Exam question 3 of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds…

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Identify the meaning of the archaic term "importunate" as employed by the faggot-maker in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, employ, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, archaic term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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/1088-pg29021-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:e3:1
# text = Identify the meaning of the archaic term "importunate" as employed by the faggot-maker in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	archaic	archaic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	importunate	importunate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the archaic term |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the faggot maker in the passage | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the archaic term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «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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Persistently annoying or troublesome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = Persistently annoying or troublesome
1	Persistently	persistently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	troublesome	troublesome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wealthy, proud, and too fond of fine clothes and feasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = Wealthy, proud, and too fond of fine clothes and feasts
1	Wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Constantly bothersome and irritating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = Constantly bothersome and irritating
1	Constantly	constantly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bothersome	bothersome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	irritating	irritating	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Very hungry, poor, and forced to beg for bread from strangers in the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1088-pg29021-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = Very hungry, poor, and forced to beg for bread from strangers in the village
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	beg	beg	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | strangers |  | for bread; in the village | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for bread=Topic |

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