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description: Which individual was received by the chieftain as the avenger possessing the magic arrow? Exam question 1 of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the re…

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Which individual was received by the chieftain as the avenger possessing the magic arrow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chieftain, avenger · **What happens:** receive, possess · **To what, where:** individual, magic arrow

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1271 «Iktomi tales, The Big Red Eagle: the avenger shoots the red eagle and wins the princess» 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/1271-pg338-part8/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e1:1
# text = Which individual was received by the chieftain as the avenger possessing the magic arrow?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	avenger	avenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · passive | the chieftain as the avenger | which individual |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | the avenger *not said here* | the magic arrow |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrow=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the stranger, upon his arrival at the teepee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e1:o1:1
# text = the stranger, upon his arrival at the teepee
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teepee	teepee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the stranger who had walked for three days across the plains to reach the village at dusk

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e1:o2:1
# text = the stranger who had walked for three days across the plains to reach the village at dusk
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · perfect | the stranger |  |  | the plains | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | the stranger *not said here* | the village |  |  | dusk |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent village=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stranger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e1:o3:1
# text = the stranger
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the young hunter who came to the lodge with the wolf skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1271-pg338-part8:e1:o4:1
# text = the young hunter who came to the lodge with the wolf skins
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hunter	hunter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lodge	lodge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the young hunter |  |  | the lodge |  | with the wolf skins | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodge=Initial\_Location |

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