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title: Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youth… — Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youth first met the church? Exam question 3 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth…

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Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youth first met the church?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** youth · **What happens:** follow, describe, meet · **To what, where:** manner, church

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1647 «Household Tales, The Heart in the Bird, part 36: the youth reaches the moat round the church» 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/1647-pg5615-part36/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the manner in which the youth first met the church?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
14	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 manner |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | past | the youth | the church |  | the manner |  | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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he came upon it all of a sudden after walking for many days through the wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e3:o1:1
# text = he came upon it all of a sudden after walking for many days through the wood
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | he |  |  | all |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon all=Location |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  | the wood | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he walked up on it at the wood's edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e3:o2:1
# text = he walked up on it at the wood's edge
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk up** | past | he |  |  | it |  | at the wood's edge | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he came upon it all of a sudden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e3:o3:1
# text = he came upon it all of a sudden
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | he |  |  | all |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he came upon it while hunting deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1647-pg5615-part36:e3:o4:1
# text = he came upon it while hunting deer
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | he |  |  | it |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Location |
| 2 | **hunt** | gerund | he *not said here* | deer |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme |

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