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# Exam question 1 · Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, p…

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To whom did the lion's judgment assign the garment, according to the rule proclaimed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** judgment, lion · **What happens:** assign, accord, proclaim, judge · **To what, where:** garment, rule

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1164 «Jackal Tales, The Adventures of the Jackal's Eldest Son, part 30: the jackal cheats the hyena, the lion, and the hedgehog» 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/1164-pg3027-part30/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e1:1
# text = To whom did the lion's judgment assign the garment, according to the rule proclaimed?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	assign	assign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
16	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · do-support | the lion's judgment | the garment |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to whom=Goal |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **proclaim** | participle |  | the rule *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **judge** |  | the lion |  |  |  |  |  | nom judgment «cognition 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 {#o1}

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To whoever the hyena chooses after the long night ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e1:o1:1
# text = To whoever the hyena chooses after the long night ends
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hyena	hyena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chooses	choose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | present | the hyena |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **end** | present | the long night |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To the one who rang it first and then ran off home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e1:o2:1
# text = To the one who rang it first and then ran off home
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past |  | it | the one |  |  | first *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **run off** | past |  | home |  |  | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To the first who rang the bell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e1:o3:1
# text = To the first who rang the bell
1	To	to	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the first | the bell |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To the one who was fastest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1164-pg3027-part30:e1:o4:1
# text = To the one who was fastest
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  | the one |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

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