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description: With reference to the passage, which option most accurately describes the hare's initial objective upon leaving his grandmother's dwelling? Exam question 2 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 primar
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# Exam question 2 · Folk Tales, The Cunning Hare, part 18: Alonzo faces the Ya…

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With reference to the passage, which option most accurately describes the hare's initial objective upon leaving his grandmother's dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe, leave · **To what, where:** dwelling

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, which option most accurately describes the hare's initial objective upon leaving his grandmother's dwelling?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	objective	objective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
17	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage and which option; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | hare's grandmother's dwelling |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=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 {#o1}

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To hunt a rabbit for their shared dinner tonight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e2:o1:1
# text = To hunt a rabbit for their shared dinner tonight
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | to-infinitive |  | a rabbit |  |  | tonight | for their shared dinner | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent rabbit=Location for dinner=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To fetch wood for a warm fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e2:o2:1
# text = To fetch wood for a warm fire
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	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 | **fetch** | to-infinitive |  | wood |  |  |  | for a warm fire | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wood=Theme for fire=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To find the wizard quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e2:o3:1
# text = To find the wizard quickly
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the wizard |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wizard=Topic |

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

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To procure a fish for their morning sustenance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1217-pg3282-part18:e2:o4:1
# text = To procure a fish for their morning sustenance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	procure	procure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **procure** | to-infinitive |  | a fish |  |  |  | for their morning sustenance | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent fish=Theme for sustenance=Beneficiary |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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