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description: To what condition were the surviving seamen reduced prior to the wreck? Exam question 2 of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked…

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To what condition were the surviving seamen reduced prior to the wreck?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** surviving seamen · **What happens:** survive, be

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1486 «Gulliver's Travels, A Voyage to Lilliput, part 73: wrecked on a rock, tied down, fed by tiny people» 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/1486-pg503-part73/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:e2:1
# text = To what condition were the surviving seamen reduced prior to the wreck?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	surviving	survive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	seamen	seaman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wreck	wreck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **survive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the surviving seamen |  |  |  |  | prior the wreck; reduce *property* | tree rules |

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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 very weak condition after months at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:e2:o1:1
# text = a very weak condition after months at sea
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a very weak and sickly condition from thirst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:e2:o2:1
# text = a very weak and sickly condition from thirst
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sickly	sickly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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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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a very weak condition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:e2:o3:1
# text = a very weak condition
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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 dangerously low state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1486-pg503-part73:e2:o4:1
# text = a dangerously low state
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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