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title: Which quality of the stranger is established when the drifts part at… — Northern Tales, The Underground Worker… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which quality of the stranger is established when the drifts part at the wave of his staff? Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Northern Tales, The Underground Workers, part 1: lost Hans…

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Which quality of the stranger is established when the drifts part at the wave of his staff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** establish, wave · **To what, where:** quality, wave, staff

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e3:1
# text = Which quality of the stranger is established when the drifts part at the wave of his staff?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	drifts	drift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | present · passive |  | which quality of the stranger |  | the wave of his staff |  | drifts part *obl* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **wave** |  |  | his staff |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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the power to read the minds of every traveller who passes through the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e3:o1:1
# text = the power to read the minds of every traveller who passes through the wood
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | to-infinitive |  | the minds of every traveller |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Topic |
| 2 | **pass** | present | every traveller |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through wood=Location |
| 3 | **mind** |  |  | every traveller |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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supernatural power over the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e3:o2:1
# text = supernatural power over the snow
1	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 ability to shift mountains and bring spring to the frozen lands by magic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e3:o3:1
# text = the ability to shift mountains and bring spring to the frozen lands by magic
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	shift	shift	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shift** | to-infinitive | the ability *not said here* | mountains |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer mountain=Patient |
| 2 | **bring** | present | the ability |  |  | the frozen lands | spring | by magic | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to land=Destination |
| 3 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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magical control of the weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1787-pg641-part38:e3:o4:1
# text = magical control of the weather
1	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	control	control	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	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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