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title: Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's noctu… — Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast? Exam question 1 of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 1 · Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast u…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** name · **To what, where:** place

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» 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/1272-pg338-part9/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e1:1
# text = Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	named	name	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	narrator	narrator	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	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present · passive | the narrator | which place |  |  |  | as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as site=Attribute |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dark interior of a cracked old buffalo skull beside the wolves' den at the edge of the plain

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e1:o1:1
# text = The dark interior of a cracked old buffalo skull beside the wolves' den at the edge of the plain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	cracked	crack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hollow inside the enormous, weathered buffalo skull lying on the open prairie far from the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e1:o2:1
# text = The hollow inside the enormous, weathered buffalo skull lying on the open prairie far from the river
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	weathered	weather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	prairie	prairie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weather** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | weathered buffalo skull *not said here* |  |  | the open prairie |  | far *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on prairie=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hollow of a dead buffalo's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e1:o3:1
# text = The hollow of a dead buffalo's head
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The interior of a large old buffalo skull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e1:o4:1
# text = The interior of a large old buffalo skull
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	buffalo	buffalo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	acl	_	_
```

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

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