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description: Which of the following terms, as used in the passage, most nearly denotes a wager in modern usage? Exam question 4 of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 4 · Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: t…

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Which of the following terms, as used in the passage, most nearly denotes a wager in modern usage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, use, denote · **To what, where:** following terms, passage, wager

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1490 «Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, part 1: three brothers try to guard a meadow from a mysterious night raid» 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/1490-pg503-part77/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:e4:1
# text = Which of the following terms, as used in the passage, most nearly denotes a wager in modern usage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the following terms *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **denote** | present |  | a wager |  |  |  | in modern usage; nearly *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot wager=Theme in usage=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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Oath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:e4:o1:1
# text = Oath
1	Oath	oath	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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Ay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:e4:o2:1
# text = Ay
1	Ay	ay	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:e4:o3:1
# text = Go
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Bet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1490-pg503-part77:e4:o4:1
# text = Bet
1	Bet	bet	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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