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description: Which people gained sovereignty over the land at the conclusion of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4:…

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Which people gained sovereignty over the land at the conclusion of the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** gain, conclude · **To what, where:** sovereignty, land, narrative

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1138 «Gutenberg 3027, Gopani-Kufa and the Magic Mirror, part 4: the Mirror is stolen and the white men take all the power» 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/1138-pg3027-part4/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:e1:1
# text = Which people gained sovereignty over the land at the conclusion of the narrative?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gained	gain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	sovereignty	sovereignty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gain** | past | which people | sovereignty |  | the land |  | at the conclusion of the narrative | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sovereignty=Theme at conclusion=Asset |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the narrative |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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 {#o1}

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The chief Gopani-Kufa again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:e1:o1:1
# text = The chief Gopani-Kufa again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Gopani	Gopani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Kufa	Kufa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:e1:o2:1
# text = The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Mirror	Mirror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** |  |  | the Magic Mirror |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror, which they had stolen from the grieving chief's own daughter

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:e1:o3:1
# text = The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror, which they had stolen from the grieving chief's own daughter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Mirror	Mirror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	grieving	grieve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	amod	_	_
19	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | possession of the Magic Mirror |  |  |  | from the grieving chief's own daughter | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from daughter=Source |
| 2 | **grieve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **possess** |  |  | the Magic Mirror |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror and the gold they took from the town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1138-pg3027-part4:e1:o4:1
# text = The white men, through possession of the Magic Mirror and the gold they took from the town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Mirror	Mirror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Mirror | the gold *not said here* |  | the town |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from town=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **possess** |  |  | the Magic Mirror and the gold |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

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