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description: Describe the manner in which the Wind retrieved information concerning the husband's whereabouts. Exam question 2 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 2 · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

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Describe the manner in which the Wind retrieved information concerning the husband's whereabouts.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Wind, information · **What happens:** describe, retrieve, concern · **To what, where:** manner, information, whereabouts

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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/1652-pg5615-part41/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e2:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the Wind retrieved information concerning the husband's whereabouts.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Wind	Wind	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
9	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **retrieve** | past | the Wind | information |  | the manner |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent information=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | information *not said here* | the husband's whereabouts |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus whereabouts=Experiencer |

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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 gathered it from what certain persons had let fall, after listening at every window of the great hall

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e2:o1:1
# text = He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall, after listening at every window of the great hall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source |
| 2 | **let** | past · perfect · passive |  | certain persons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme |
| 3 | **listen** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at every window of the great hall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at window=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He overheard servants gossiping about the king's new bride in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e2:o2:1
# text = He overheard servants gossiping about the king's new bride in town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	overheard	overhear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	gossiping	gossip	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | past | He | servants |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gossip** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the king's new bride in town | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bride=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall while passing the palace walls at night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e2:o3:1
# text = He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall while passing the palace walls at night
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source |
| 2 | **let** | past · perfect · passive |  | certain persons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme |
| 3 | **pass** | gerund | He *not said here* | the palace walls |  |  | night |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Trajectory |

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

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He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1652-pg5615-part41:e2:o4:1
# text = He gathered it from what certain persons had let fall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from what=Source |
| 2 | **let** | past · perfect · passive |  | certain persons |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient fall=Theme |

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