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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the eldest son's reaction upon observing the young woman at the garden stream? Exam question 2 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man w
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# Exam question 2 · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the eldest son's reaction upon observing the young woman at the garden stream?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** eldest son · **What happens:** follow, characteris, observe, react · **To what, where:** reaction, young woman, garden stream

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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/1797-pg641-part48/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the eldest son's reaction upon observing the young woman at the garden stream?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	observing	observe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **characteris** | present |  | the eldest son's reaction |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **observe** | gerund |  | the young woman |  | the garden stream |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent woman=Topic |
| 4 | **react** |  | the eldest son |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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He decided to leave town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e2:o1:1
# text = He decided to leave town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | town |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

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

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He resolved that no other man should be her husband

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e2:o2:1
# text = He resolved that no other man should be her husband
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | should | no other man | her husband |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He vowed to pursue her through the whole village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e2:o3:1
# text = He vowed to pursue her through the whole village
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vow** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pursue** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the whole village |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme through village=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He decided to ask his family for permission to wed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1797-pg641-part48:e2:o4:1
# text = He decided to ask his family for permission to wed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	wed	wed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | his family |  |  |  | for permission | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient |
| 3 | **wed** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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