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description: Which description best characterises the man's conduct at Farmer Weatherbeard's house? Exam question 3 of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man…

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Which description best characterises the man's conduct at Farmer Weatherbeard's house?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description, man · **What happens:** characteris, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, house

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1570 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Farmer Weatherbeard: the man searches for Jack, and the Eagle carries him to the farmer's house» 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/1570-pg540-part67/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e3:1
# text = Which description best characterises the man's conduct at Farmer Weatherbeard's house?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	Weatherbeard	Weatherbeard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which description | the man's conduct |  | Farmer's house |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | the man |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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He stealthily removed feathers from sleeping persons, and was brave enough to do it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e3:o1:1
# text = He stealthily removed feathers from sleeping persons, and was brave enough to do it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	stealthily	stealthily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
12	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | feathers |  |  |  | from sleeping persons; stealthily *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from person=Source |
| 2 | **is** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brave, enough *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He stealthily removed feathers from the sleeping persons in the house and then ran away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e3:o2:1
# text = He stealthily removed feathers from the sleeping persons in the house and then ran away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	stealthily	stealthily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | feathers |  |  |  | from the sleeping persons in the house; stealthily *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from person=Source |
| 2 | **run away** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sneakily took bread from the sleeping cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e3:o3:1
# text = He sneakily took bread from the sleeping cook
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	sneakily	sneakily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | bread |  | the sleeping cook |  | sneakily *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent bread=Theme from cook=Initial\_Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stealthily removed feathers from sleeping persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1570-pg540-part67:e3:o4:1
# text = He stealthily removed feathers from sleeping persons
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	stealthily	stealthily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	removed	remove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | past | He | feathers |  |  |  | from sleeping persons; stealthily *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme from person=Source |

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