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description: State the name by which the hero, in his own words, describes his rank beside the other giants. Exam question 1 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri…

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State the name by which the hero, in his own words, describes his rank beside the other giants.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, his · **What happens:** state, describe, word · **To what, where:** name, rank

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» 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/1136-pg3027-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e1:1
# text = State the name by which the hero, in his own words, describes his rank beside the other giants.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the name |  |  |  | by the hero and his own words | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | his rank |  |  |  | beside the other giants | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent rank=Theme |
| 3 | **word** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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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"greater"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = "greater"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"the greatest of all"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = "the greatest of all"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"taller"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = "taller"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"lesser"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = "lesser"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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