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title: Which object did the wolverine first encounter upon turning a corner… — Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the wolverine first encounter upon turning a corner on the hill-side? Exam question 1 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 1 · Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolveri…

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Which object did the wolverine first encounter upon turning a corner on the hill-side?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, wolverine first encounter · **What happens:** do, turn · **To what, where:** wolverine first encounter, corner, hill side

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1226 «Northern Tales, The Wicked Wolverine, part 27: the wolverine tricks a bear up a tree after a rock, lightning and a torn coat» 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/1226-pg3282-part27/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e1:1
# text = Which object did the wolverine first encounter upon turning a corner on the hill-side?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	wolverine	wolverine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the wolverine first encounter |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encounter=Eventuality |
| 2 | **turn** | gerund | the wolverine first encounter *not said here* | a corner |  | the hill side |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=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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A tall stone pillar that was covered in moss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e1:o1:1
# text = A tall stone pillar that was covered in moss
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	moss	moss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past · passive |  | a tall stone pillar |  |  |  | in moss | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in moss=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A wide stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e1:o2:1
# text = A wide stream
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A huge boulder sitting beside the path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e1:o3:1
# text = A huge boulder sitting beside the path
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boulder	boulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund | a huge boulder *not said here* |  |  | the path |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside path=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A large rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1226-pg3282-part27:e1:o4:1
# text = A large rock
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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