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description: Indicate the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in The Elf Maiden. Exam question 3 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 3 · Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is sw…

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Indicate the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in The Elf Maiden.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** indicate, cause · **To what, where:** cause, rivalry

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1231 «Lang's Fairy Books, Pivi and Kabo: Kabo copies Pivi, is swallowed by a shell-fish, and is punished» 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/1231-pg3282-part32/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e3:1
# text = Indicate the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in The Elf Maiden.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Elf	Elf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the rivalry between the two young men in the Elf Maiden |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | the rivalry between the two young men in the Elf Maiden |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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 both loved the same fishing boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e3:o1:1
# text = They both loved the same fishing boat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	both	both	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | They | the same fishing boat |  |  |  | both *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boat=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both wanted to marry the old chief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e3:o2:1
# text = Both wanted to marry the old chief
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the old chief |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chief=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They fought over a boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e3:o3:1
# text = They fought over a boat
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	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	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** | past | They |  |  |  |  | over a boat | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over boat=Theme |

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

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Both sought the affection of the same girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1231-pg3282-part32:e3:o4:1
# text = Both sought the affection of the same girl
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | past |  | the affection of the same girl |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affection=Theme |

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