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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the physical feature shared by the ten young men as described in the passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the physical feature shared by the ten young men as described in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, identify, share, describe · **To what, where:** physical feature, ten young men, passage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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/179-pg128-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the physical feature shared by the ten young men as described in the passage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the physical feature |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme |
| 3 | **share** | participle |  | the physical feature *not said here* |  |  |  | by the ten young men | tree rules |
| 4 | **describe** | participle |  | the ten young men *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a scar on face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = a scar on face
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scar	scar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a shared weak left leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = a shared weak left leg
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
3	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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missing the left hand fingers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = missing the left hand fingers
1	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | gerund |  | the left hand fingers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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blindness in the right eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = blindness in the right eye
1	blindness	blindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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