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description: In which country is the widow's dwelling situated, according to the opening passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy…

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In which country is the widow's dwelling situated, according to the opening passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** dwell, be, accord · **To what, where:** widow, country

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» 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/1276-pg3454-part1/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e1:1
# text = In which country is the widow's dwelling situated, according to the opening passage?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present · passive |  | the widow |  | which country |  | situate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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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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Erin, the ancient name for Ireland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e1:o1:1
# text = Erin, the ancient name for Ireland
1	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wales, the land of the old kings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e1:o2:1
# text = Wales, the land of the old kings
1	Wales	Wales	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Scotland, the north of the isle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e1:o3:1
# text = Scotland, the north of the isle
1	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ireland, though the old texts call it Erin and also Hibernia, a Roman name

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:e1:o4:1
# text = Ireland, though the old texts call it Erin and also Hibernia, a Roman name
1	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	Hibernia	Hibernia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Roman	roman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | the old texts | it |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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