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title: Which phrase best characterises the wife's response to the summons? — Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best characterises the wife's response to the summons? Exam question 3 of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees…

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Which phrase best characterises the wife's response to the summons?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1546 «Norse Tales, The Voice of Death, part 1: a rich man flees death, but the voice still finds his family» 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/1546-pg540-part43/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e3:1
# text = Which phrase best characterises the wife's response to the summons?
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	characterises	characteris	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	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	summons	summon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which phrase | the wife's response |  |  |  | to the summons; well *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Feigned compliance, then renewed flight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e3:o1:1
# text = Feigned compliance, then renewed flight
1	Feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fake agreement, then new escape

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e3:o2:1
# text = Fake agreement, then new escape
1	Fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sincere obedience, then sudden rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e3:o3:1
# text = Sincere obedience, then sudden rest
1	Sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	obedience	obedience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Feigned compliance, then renewed flight, and finally a bitter silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1546-pg540-part43:e3:o4:1
# text = Feigned compliance, then renewed flight, and finally a bitter silence
1	Feigned	feign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	renewed	renew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **renew** | participle |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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