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title: Which phrase best describes the place where the youngest son parted… — Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the place where the youngest son parted from his father? Exam question 1 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 1 · Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a…

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Which phrase best describes the place where the youngest son parted from his father?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, youngest son · **What happens:** describe, part · **To what, where:** place

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1519 «Norse Tales, The Master Thief, part 16: the youth steals a man's ox with a shoe and a trick» 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/1519-pg540-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e1:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the place where the youngest son parted from his father?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	parted	part	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the place |  |  |  | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 2 | **part** | participle | the youngest son |  |  |  |  | from son's father | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from father=Co-Patient |

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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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a junction where three roads met

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = a junction where three roads met
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | participle | three roads |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a junction in the forest where three roads met near a stone wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = a junction in the forest where three roads met near a stone wall
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | participle | three roads |  |  | a stone wall |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a crossroads where three long roads met, and the father waved goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = a crossroads where three long roads met, and the father waved goodbye
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crossroads	crossroad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | a crossroads |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | past | the father | goodbye |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a clearing at the edge of the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1519-pg540-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = a clearing at the edge of the forest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clearing	clearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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