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title: What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero? — Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wol… · tree and pragmatics
description: What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero? Exam question 3 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "w…

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What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** moral · **What happens:** impart, concern, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, true hero

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» 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/1288-pg3454-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e3:1
# text = What moral did Jonas impart concerning the conduct of a true hero?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	moral	moral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Jonas	Jonas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	impart	impart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impart** | past · do-support | what moral |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | what moral *not said here* | the conduct of a true hero |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | a true hero |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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A brave man is loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = A brave man is loud
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a brave man |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A real hero does not lie about his deeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = A real hero does not lie about his deeds
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lie** | present · do-support | a real hero |  |  |  |  | about hero's deeds | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about deed=Location |

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

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A brave man does not boast of his courage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = A brave man does not boast of his courage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	boast	boast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **boast** *speech: other* | present · do-support | a brave man |  |  |  |  | of man's courage | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Brave men always win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = Brave men always win
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | present | Brave men |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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