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description: With reference to the passage, state the locality in which the Monkey Island was situated relative to the Palace. Exam question 3 of lesson 1371 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish, part 31: the jelly fish tricks a monkey into going to the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish, part…

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With reference to the passage, state the locality in which the Monkey Island was situated relative to the Palace.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, situate · **To what, where:** locality, Monkey Island

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1371 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly-Fish, part 31: the jelly fish tricks a monkey into going to the sea» 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/1371-pg4018-part31/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1371-pg4018-part31:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, state the locality in which the Monkey Island was situated relative to the Palace.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	locality	locality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
17	relative	relative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the locality |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent locality=Topic |
| 2 | **situate** | past · passive |  | the Monkey Island |  | the locality |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme relative=Destination |

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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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some distance to the south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1371-pg4018-part31:e3:o1:1
# text = some distance to the south
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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some distance south of the Dragon Palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1371-pg4018-part31:e3:o2:1
# text = some distance south of the Dragon Palace
1	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	south	south	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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far beyond the western reef

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1371-pg4018-part31:e3:o3:1
# text = far beyond the western reef
1	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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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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a long way off past the rocks to the south-west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1371-pg4018-part31:e3:o4:1
# text = a long way off past the rocks to the south-west
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	off	off	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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