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title: In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of… — West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of the raven, before confronting the second giant? Exam question 3 of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 3 · West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian ou…

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In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of the raven, before confronting the second giant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ian · **What happens:** prepare, accord, confront · **To what, where:** Ian, manner, second giant

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1141 «West Highland Tales, Ian the Soldier's Son, part 7: Ian outwits the raven and slays the second giant» 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/1141-pg3027-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e3:1
# text = In what manner does Ian prepare himself, according to the counsel of the raven, before confronting the second giant?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Ian	Ian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	counsel	counsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	raven	raven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	confronting	confront	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	21	amod	_	_
21	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | present · do-support | Ian | Ian |  | what manner |  | accord the counsel of the raven | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **confront** | gerund | Ian *not said here* | the second giant |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Theme |

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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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He bathes in clean water and anoints his body with balsam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = He bathes in clean water and anoints his body with balsam
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	anoints	anoint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	balsam	balsam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bathe** | present | He |  |  |  |  | in clean water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme |
| 2 | **anoint** | present | He *not said here* | his body |  |  |  | with balsam | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent body=Destination with balsam=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He bathes in water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = He bathes in water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathes	bathe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bathe** | present | He |  |  |  |  | in water | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in water=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He washes in clean water and dries himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = He washes in clean water and dries himself
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washes	wash	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dries	dry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | He |  |  | clean water |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **dry** | present | He *not said here* | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient himself=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He eats a meal and rests his body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1141-pg3027-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = He eats a meal and rests his body
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | He | a meal |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |
| 2 | **rest** | present | He *not said here* | his body |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location body=Theme |

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