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description: What did the husband affirm concerning the strange events he reported during their journey? Exam question 4 of lesson 1775 «Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare i…

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What did the husband affirm concerning the strange events he reported during their journey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** husband, events · **What happens:** do, affirm, concern, report, journey · **To what, where:** strange events

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1775 «Tales of the East, How a Fish Swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water, part 2: a pot of gold, a fake fish and hare, and a wife who spends it all» 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/1775-pg641-part26/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:e4:1
# text = What did the husband affirm concerning the strange events he reported during their journey?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	affirm	affirm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	reported	report	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **affirm** | present | the husband |  |  |  |  | concern the strange events | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **report** | past | husband | the strange events *not said here* |  |  | during events's journey |  | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Patient |
| 5 | **journey** |  | events *= event* |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «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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That times had certainly changed, and fish now grew in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = That times had certainly changed, and fish now grew in the trees
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · perfect · passive |  | that times |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **grow** | past | fish |  |  | the trees | now |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That times had certainly changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = That times had certainly changed
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · perfect · passive |  | that times |  |  |  | certainly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That all things had altered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = That all things had altered
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | past · perfect · passive |  | all things |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That times had certainly changed since the days when he was a young man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1775-pg641-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = That times had certainly changed since the days when he was a young man
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	since	since	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · perfect · passive |  | that times |  |  | day | certainly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | a young man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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