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title: With reference to the passage, state the mixed feelings Petru expres… — Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy o… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, state the mixed feelings Petru expressed when asking how he ought to have set about the matter. Exam question 4 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 copp
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# Exam question 4 · Roumanian Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 30:…

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With reference to the passage, state the mixed feelings Petru expressed when asking how he ought to have set about the matter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Petru · **What happens:** mix, express, ask, set · **To what, where:** mixed feelings, Petru · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e4:1
# text = With reference to the passage, state the mixed feelings Petru expressed when asking how he ought to have set about the matter.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	Petru	Petru	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	expressed	express	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
14	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux	_	_
20	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	ccomp	_	_
21	about	about	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **express** | past | Petru | the mixed feelings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Petru *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **set** *not said to happen* | ought · perfect · passive |  | Petru |  |  |  | about the matter | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme about matter=Destination |

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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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angry and ashamed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e4:o1:1
# text = angry and ashamed
1	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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half angry, half sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e4:o2:1
# text = half angry, half sad
1	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	advmod	_	_
2	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	5	advmod	_	_
5	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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half angry with himself, half sad about the loss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e4:o3:1
# text = half angry with himself, half sad about the loss
1	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	2	advmod	_	_
2	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	advmod	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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bitterly angry, yet also deeply and quietly sad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1779-pg641-part30:e4:o4:1
# text = bitterly angry, yet also deeply and quietly sad
1	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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

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