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description: Which option most accurately describes the location of the initial combat? Exam question 2 of lesson 1383 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake…

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Which option most accurately describes the location of the initial combat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** option · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** location

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1383 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box» 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/1383-pg4018-part43/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e2:1
# text = Which option most accurately describes the location of the initial combat?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which option | the location of the initial combat |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Gate of Rashomon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e2:o1:1
# text = The Gate of Rashomon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gate	Gate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Rashomon	Rashomon	PROPN	NNP	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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The old northern temple gate of the capital city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e2:o2:1
# text = The old northern temple gate of the capital city
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Gate of Suzaku

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e2:o3:1
# text = The Gate of Suzaku
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gate	Gate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Suzaku	Suzaku	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The crowded market square beside the Gate of Rashomon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1383-pg4018-part43:e2:o4:1
# text = The crowded market square beside the Gate of Rashomon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Gate	Gate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rashomon	Rashomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

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