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description: Which definition best explains the term "ostentation" as used in this passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gu…

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Which definition best explains the term "ostentation" as used in this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** definition · **What happens:** explain, use · **To what, where:** term, passage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1749 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning-Needle: lost in the gutter, proud to the end» 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/1749-pg640-part73/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e4:1
# text = Which definition best explains the term "ostentation" as used in this passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	definition	definition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	explains	explain	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	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ostentation	ostentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | which definition | the term |  |  |  | well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  | this passage |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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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Honest work done in private with no fuss at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e4:o1:1
# text = Honest work done in private with no fuss at all
1	Honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle |  | Honest work *not said here* |  | private |  | with no fuss at all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Vain and excessive display intended to attract notice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e4:o2:1
# text = Vain and excessive display intended to attract notice
1	Vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	attract	attract	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **intend** | participle |  | Vain display *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **attract** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | notice |  |  |  |  | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Excessive humility shown to avoid being noticed by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e4:o3:1
# text = Excessive humility shown to avoid being noticed by others
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	humility	humility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	mark	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **notice** | infinitive · passive | others | Excessive humility *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The deliberate hiding of one's wealth and talents from the public eye during all social occasions

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1749-pg640-part73:e4:o4:1
# text = The deliberate hiding of one's wealth and talents from the public eye during all social occasions
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	talents	talent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
16	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** |  |  | one's wealth and talents from the public eye |  |  | during all social occasions |  | nom hiding «act transitive»: of=patient during=obl |

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