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# Exam question 1 · Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Ya…

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Pursuant to the narrative, to what extent did Alonzo's resolve to resist the apparition ultimately prevail?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** extent, apparition · **What happens:** do, resist, prevail · **To what, where:** resolve, apparition

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1217 «Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Yara and the hare calls up a spell» 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/1217-pg3282-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to the narrative, to what extent did Alonzo's resolve to resist the apparition ultimately prevail?
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	appos	_	_
8	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	Alonzo	Alonzo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	resist	resist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	apparition	apparition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	prevail	prevail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent | Alonzo's resolve |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolve=Eventuality |
| 2 | **resist** | to-infinitive | extent *not said here* | the apparition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **prevail** | infinitive | the apparition *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ultimately *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He recovered his resolve upon hearing the sea shell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = He recovered his resolve upon hearing the sea shell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	resolve	resolve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | past | He | his resolve |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resolve=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | gerund | He *not said here* | the sea shell |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer shell=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He fought off the Yara with his pistol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = He fought off the Yara with his pistol
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Yara	Yara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pistol	pistol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight off** | past | He | the Yara |  |  |  | with his pistol | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yara=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He never resisted the spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = He never resisted the spell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	resisted	resist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **resist** | past | He | the spell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He gave up and followed the Yara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = He gave up and followed the Yara
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Yara	Yara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | past | He *not said here* | the Yara |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yara=Theme |

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