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title: With reference to the passage, identify the creature whose anger the… — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, identify the creature whose anger the picking of the copper flowers was said to provoke. Exam question 3 of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flow
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# Exam question 3 · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:…

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With reference to the passage, identify the creature whose anger the picking of the copper flowers was said to provoke.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, say, provoke · **To what, where:** creature, anger · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1779 «Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30: Petru meets a seven-headed dragon, fails, gets a magic horse, and resists the copper flowers» 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/1779-pg641-part30/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, identify the creature whose anger the picking of the copper flowers was said to provoke.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	picking	picking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the creature |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | anger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **provoke** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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the wicked witch king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e3:o1:1
# text = the wicked witch king
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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the Welwa of the woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e3:o2:1
# text = the Welwa of the woods
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Welwa	Welwa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the dragon of the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e3:o3:1
# text = the dragon of the hills
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the furious Welwa who lived in the deepest woods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e3:o4:1
# text = the furious Welwa who lived in the deepest woods
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Welwa	Welwa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the furious Welwa |  |  | the deepest woods |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

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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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