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title: Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard… — Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punis… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse? Exam question 2 of lesson 1281 «Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the prince learns his bride's secret, and the rajah's daughter flees a jogi's love» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the p…

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Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wizard · **What happens:** follow, describe, promise · **To what, where:** nature

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1281 «Gutenberg 3454 tales, The Jogi's Punishment, part 6: the prince learns his bride's secret, and the rajah's daughter flees a jogi's love» 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/1281-pg3454-part6/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1281-pg3454-part6:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	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 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the nature of the wizard's promise to the nurse |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |
| 3 | **promise** |  | the wizard |  |  |  |  | to the nurse | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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A freedom from the enchantment before the fifteenth birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1281-pg3454-part6:e2:o1:1
# text = A freedom from the enchantment before the fifteenth birthday
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fifteenth	fifteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Gold before her birthday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1281-pg3454-part6:e2:o2:1
# text = Gold before her birthday
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A promise of youth restored to her before the close of the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1281-pg3454-part6:e2:o3:1
# text = A promise of youth restored to her before the close of the year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	restored	restore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | participle |  | a promise of youth *not said here* | her *= she* |  | before the close of the year |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |
| 2 | **promise** |  |  | youth |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Freedom from the spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1281-pg3454-part6:e2:o4:1
# text = Freedom from the spell
1	Freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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