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description: Which of the following accurately describes the destination of Minnikin upon separating from his brother at the crossway? Exam question 1 of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» of the books course of Mova'
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy siste…

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Which of the following accurately describes the destination of Minnikin upon separating from his brother at the crossway?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** destination · **What happens:** follow, describe, separate · **To what, where:** destination, crossway

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1572 «Household Tales, The Two Brothers, part 69: the lazy sister gets pitch, and two twins set out and part at a crossway» 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/1572-pg540-part69/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the destination of Minnikin upon separating from his brother at the crossway?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	destination	destination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Minnikin	Minnikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	separating	separate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	crossway	crossway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  | the destination of Minnikin |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme |
| 3 | **separate** | gerund | the destination of Minnikin *not said here* |  |  | the crossway |  | from Minnikin's brother | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient from brother=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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He proceeded eastward, where he encountered an aged hag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:e1:o1:1
# text = He proceeded eastward, where he encountered an aged hag
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eastward	eastward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | He |  |  |  |  | eastward *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **encounter** | past | he | a aged hag |  |  |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He went on eastward, away from his brother, and at last encountered a very old hag living alone in the woods

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:e1:o2:1
# text = He went on eastward, away from his brother, and at last encountered a very old hag living alone in the woods
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	eastward	eastward	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	_
14	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on eastward=Location |
| 2 | **encounter** | past | He *not said here* | a old hag |  | last |  |  | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | a old hag *not said here* |  |  | the woods |  | alone *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He proceeded eastward along the old road, where he encountered an aged hag with one eye and a crooked back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:e1:o3:1
# text = He proceeded eastward along the old road, where he encountered an aged hag with one eye and a crooked back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceeded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	eastward	eastward	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hag	hag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	crooked	crooked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | He |  |  |  |  | along the old road; eastward *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **encounter** | past | he | a aged hag |  |  |  | with one eye and a crooked back | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hag=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He headed west and found a witch there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1572-pg540-part69:e1:o4:1
# text = He headed west and found a witch there
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	headed	head	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	west	west	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **head** | past | He |  |  |  |  | west *property* | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past | He *not said here* | a witch |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Topic |

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