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# Exam question 1 · pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the gian…

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the action of Rosald in relation to the giant as recounted in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rosald · **What happens:** follow, describe, recount, act · **To what, where:** action, relation, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1220 «pg3282, Rosald and Geirald, part 21: Rosald slays the giant, then fights the tourney in Geirald's clothes, and the queen grows suspicious» 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/1220-pg3282-part21/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately describes the action of Rosald in relation to the giant as recounted in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	recounted	recount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	advcl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **describe** | present |  | the action of Rosald |  | relation |  | of the following statements; to the giant; accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent action=Theme to giant=be' |
| 3 | **recount** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **act** |  | Rosald |  |  | relation |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent in=place |

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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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Rosald hit the giant hard across the face and later cut its neck with a blade of iron

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e1:o1:1
# text = Rosald hit the giant hard across the face and later cut its neck with a blade of iron
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
11	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | Rosald | the giant |  | the face |  | hard *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme giant=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | past | Rosald *not said here* | face's neck |  |  |  | with a blade of iron; late *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient with blade=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and then severed its head with his sword

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e1:o2:1
# text = Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and then severed its head with his sword
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	severed	sever	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | Rosald | the giant |  |  |  | on the forehead | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient |
| 2 | **sever** | past | Rosald *not said here* | forehead's head |  |  | then | with Rosald's sword | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and afterwards took the giant's head away in a wallet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e1:o3:1
# text = Rosald struck the giant on the forehead and afterwards took the giant's head away in a wallet
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	wallet	wallet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | Rosald | the giant |  |  |  | on the forehead | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | past | Rosald *not said here* | the giant's head |  | a wallet |  | afterwards, away *property* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Value in wallet=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rosald struck the giant on the forehead with his iron club, and then severed its head with his sword before carrying it back to the king as proof of victory and courage

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1220-pg3282-part21:e1:o4:1
# text = Rosald struck the giant on the forehead with his iron club, and then severed its head with his sword before carrying it back to the king as proof of victory and courage
1	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forehead	forehead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	severed	sever	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	back	back	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | Rosald | the giant |  |  |  | with Rosald's iron club; on the forehead | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent giant=Instrument on forehead=Patient |
| 2 | **sever** | past | Rosald *not said here* | club's head |  |  | then | with Rosald's sword | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 3 | **carry back** | gerund | Rosald *not said here* | head | the king |  |  | as proof of victory and courage | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination |
| 4 | **proof** |  |  | victory |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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