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description: Which description accurately identifies the reward offered by the chieftain for slaying the red eagle? Exam question 4 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» of the books course of M
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# Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bea…

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Which description accurately identifies the reward offered by the chieftain for slaying the red eagle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** identify, offer, slay · **To what, where:** reward, red eagle

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1269 «Old Indian Legends, The Avenger, part 6: the ugly baby bear secretly feeds the hungry badgers, and a magic avenger frightens the bears away» 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/1269-pg338-part6/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e4:1
# text = Which description accurately identifies the reward offered by the chieftain for slaying the red eagle?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	slaying	slay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which description | the reward |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reward=Theme |
| 2 | **offer** | participle |  | the reward *not said here* |  |  |  | by the chieftain | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **slay** | gerund |  | the red eagle |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The choice of a horse and a buffalo robe from his tent to whoever brings the red eagle down

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = The choice of a horse and a buffalo robe from his tent to whoever brings the red eagle down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	robe	robe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | whoever |  | the red eagle |  |  | down *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument eagle=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The choice of one of his two sons in war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = The choice of one of his two sons in war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage to whoever slays the eagle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1269-pg338-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = The choice of one of his two beautiful daughters in marriage to whoever slays the eagle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
13	whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	slays	slay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | present | whoever | the eagle |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eagle=Patient |

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