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description: Which statement correctly identifies the person slain by the young husband's gun? Exam question 2 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 2 · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

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Which statement correctly identifies the person slain by the young husband's gun?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement · **What happens:** identify, slay · **To what, where:** person

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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/1170-pg3027-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e2:1
# text = Which statement correctly identifies the person slain by the young husband's gun?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which statement | the person |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
| 2 | **slay** | participle |  | the person *not said here* |  |  |  | by the young husband's gun | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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A deer, later found to be a neighbour's hunting dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = A deer, later found to be a neighbour's hunting dog
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | a deer |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | hunting dog |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hunt** |  | a neighbour |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunting «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wild bull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = A wild bull
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bull	bull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A buffalo, later revealed to be the wife's servant who had been sent to test him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = A buffalo, later revealed to be the wife's servant who had been sent to test him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past | a buffalo |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a buffalo *not said here* | the wife's servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wife's servant |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **test** | to-infinitive |  | buffalo |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A buffalo, later revealed to be the wife's servant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1170-pg3027-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = A buffalo, later revealed to be the wife's servant
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | past | a buffalo |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a buffalo *not said here* | the wife's servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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