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description: What is the principal reason, as stated by the master, for keeping the gold concealed? Exam question 2 of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 2 · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

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What is the principal reason, as stated by the master, for keeping the gold concealed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** gold · **What happens:** be, state, keep, conceal · **To what, where:** principal reason, gold

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1787 «Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans is led to a cave of gold and tiny smiths» 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/1787-pg641-part38/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e2:1
# text = What is the principal reason, as stated by the master, for keeping the gold concealed?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the master | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund |  | the gold |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **conceal** | participle | the gold *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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to compel men to work for their bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e2:o1:1
# text = to compel men to work for their bread
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	compel	compel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | to-infinitive |  | men |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for men's bread | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bread=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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so that the workers never discover how much wealth lies hidden in the mountain below

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e2:o2:1
# text = so that the workers never discover how much wealth lies hidden in the mountain below
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	below	below	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **discover** | present | the workers | much wealth |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Topic |
| 2 | **lie** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the mountain |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in mountain=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
to keep men working for their food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e2:o3:1
# text = to keep men working for their food
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | men |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | men *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for men's food | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for food=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so that the men would labour for wages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e2:o4:1
# text = so that the men would labour for wages
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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