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title: Describe the activity of the young men in the closing passage of thi… — Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the activity of the young men in the closing passage of this part. Exam question 4 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…

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Describe the activity of the young men in the closing passage of this part.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, part · **What happens:** describe, pass · **To what, where:** activity

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» 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/1212-pg3282-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e4:1
# text = Describe the activity of the young men in the closing passage of this part.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the activity of the young men in the closing passage of this part |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** |  | this part |  |  |  |  |  | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=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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They fought for the gold there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = They fought for the gold there
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | They |  |  | there |  | for the gold | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They hunted on the plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = They hunted on the plain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | past | They |  |  | the plain |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent on plain=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They sang songs by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = They sang songs by the fire
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | They | songs |  |  |  | by the fire | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They ran races and threw spears on the plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1212-pg3282-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = They ran races and threw spears on the plain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | They | races |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme race=Trajectory |
| 2 | **throw** | past | They *not said here* | spears |  | the plain |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spear=Theme on plain=Destination |

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