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description: Which action of the stranger girl, namely her attempt to restore the buffalo to life, is described in this passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl br…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which action of the stranger girl, namely her attempt to restore the buffalo to life, is described in this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stranger girl, girl · **What happens:** restore, describe, act, attempt · **To what, where:** buffalo, life, action, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1169 «Africa Tales, The Rover of the Plain, part 35: the girl brings the dead buffalo back to life, and her husband spies on her» 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/1169-pg3027-part35/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:e1:1
# text = Which action of the stranger girl, namely her attempt to restore the buffalo to life, is described in this passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | to-infinitive |  | the buffalo | life |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent buffalo=Theme to life=Recipient |
| 2 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which action of the stranger girl |  | this passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **act** |  | the stranger girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **attempt** |  | girl |  |  |  |  |  | nom attempt «act 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She bandages the head with a cloth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:e1:o1:1
# text = She bandages the head with a cloth.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bandages	bandage	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bandage** | present | She | the head |  |  |  | with a cloth | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Destination with cloth=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She sings a dirge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:e1:o2:1
# text = She sings a dirge.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sings	sing	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	dirge	dirge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | She | a dirge |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dirge=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She rubs deer fat on the cut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:e1:o3:1
# text = She rubs deer fat on the cut.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rubs	rub	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deer	deer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | present | She | deer's fat |  | the cut |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fat=Theme on cut=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She applies a horn, deer fat, and a dirge to the wound.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1169-pg3027-part35:e1:o4:1
# text = She applies a horn, deer fat, and a dirge to the wound.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	applies	apply	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	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fat	fat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dirge	dirge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | She | a horn and deer fat |  |  |  | a dirge to the wound *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Theme |

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