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description: Which of the following best characterises the attitude of the townspeople toward Gilguerillo during the three days of treatment? Exam question 4 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy he…

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Which of the following best characterises the attitude of the townspeople toward Gilguerillo during the three days of treatment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** best · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** attitude

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1197 «Gutenberg 3027, Gilguerillo, part 63: the chemist's boy heals the king's foot and wins the princess's heart» 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/1197-pg3027-part63/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e4:1
# text = Which of the following best characterises the attitude of the townspeople toward Gilguerillo during the three days of treatment?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nsubj	_	_
6	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	townspeople	townspeople	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Gilguerillo	Gilguerillo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | the best | the attitude of the townspeople toward Gilguerillo |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

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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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They derided him as an impostor and predicted imprisonment or execution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e4:o1:1
# text = They derided him as an impostor and predicted imprisonment or execution
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	derided	deride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	predicted	predict	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deride** | past | They | him *= he* |  |  |  | as a impostor | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as impostor=Attribute |
| 2 | **predict** | past | They *not said here* | imprisonment or execution |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot imprisonment=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They mocked him loudly in the square, calling him an impostor, and many openly prophesied that he would hang from the castle walls within the week

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e4:o2:1
# text = They mocked him loudly in the square, calling him an impostor, and many openly prophesied that he would hang from the castle walls within the week
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	impostor	impostor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	nsubj	_	_
16	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	ccomp	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	within	within	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mock** | past | They | him *= he* |  | the square |  | loudly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | gerund | They *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme impostor=Result |
| 3 | **prophesy** | past | many |  |  |  |  | openly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **hang** | would | he |  |  | the castle walls | week |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They whispered that he was a cheat and warned he would fail badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e4:o3:1
# text = They whispered that he was a cheat and warned he would fail badly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cheat	cheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fail	fail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a cheat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **fail** | would | he |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They gathered each evening outside the palace gates, shouting that the boy was a fraud and demanding that the king have him locked in a dungeon at once

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1197-pg3027-part63:e4:o4:1
# text = They gathered each evening outside the palace gates, shouting that the boy was a fraud and demanding that the king have him locked in a dungeon at once
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fraud	fraud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	demanding	demand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	ccomp	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	24	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | They |  |  |  | evening |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the boy | a fraud |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 5 | **lock** | present · perfect |  |  |  | a dungeon |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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