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description: State the direction in which the boy must travel in order to reach the Island of the Fairies of the Garden. Exam question 2 of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 2 · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

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State the direction in which the boy must travel in order to reach the Island of the Fairies of the Garden.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** travel, reach · **To what, where:** direction, Island

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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/1457-pg503-part44/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:e2:1
# text = State the direction in which the boy must travel in order to reach the Island of the Fairies of the Garden.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Island	Island	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Garden	Garden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | must | the boy |  |  | the direction |  | in order | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | the Island of the Fairies of the Garden |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent island=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 {#o1}

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Due east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:e2:o1:1
# text = Due east
1	Due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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North

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:e2:o2:1
# text = North
1	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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South, keeping the land upon his left hand and the sea upon his right

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:e2:o3:1
# text = South, keeping the land upon his left hand and the sea upon his right
1	South	south	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the land |  | his left hand and the sea |  | upon his right; south *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent land=Theme upon hand=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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West, keeping the sun upon his right hand and the hills behind him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1457-pg503-part44:e2:o4:1
# text = West, keeping the sun upon his right hand and the hills behind him
1	West	west	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | gerund |  | the sun |  | his right hand and the hills |  | behind him *= he*; west *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sun=Theme upon hand=Location |

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