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title: To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, accordi… — Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse,… · tree and pragmatics
description: To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, according to the account? Exam question 2 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays d…

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To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, according to the account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** do, reside, accord · **To what, where:** creditor

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1186 «Fairy Book, Jose and the White Horse, part 52: Jose pays debts, rises at court, and is sent to find the princess» 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/1186-pg3027-part52/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e2:1
# text = To whom did the protagonist's late father's creditor reside, according to the account?
1	To	to	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	creditor	creditor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
11	reside	reside	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the protagonist's late father's creditor |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creditor=Eventuality |
| 2 | **reside** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | accord the account | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The elderly miser's brother who lived in a grand house at the far end of the village market

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e2:o1:1
# text = The elderly miser's brother who lived in a grand house at the far end of the village market
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the elderly miser's brother |  |  | a grand house | at the far end of the village market |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An elderly miser who lived at the far end of the village beside the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e2:o2:1
# text = An elderly miser who lived at the far end of the village beside the river
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | a elderly miser |  |  |  | at the far end of the village | beside the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An elderly miser at the far end of the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e2:o3:1
# text = An elderly miser at the far end of the village
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A greedy merchant living by the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1186-pg3027-part52:e2:o4:1
# text = A greedy merchant living by the mill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | a greedy merchant *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the mill | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mill=Location |

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