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title: Which account correctly describes the later life of the married coup… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which account correctly describes the later life of the married couple? Exam question 4 of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

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Which account correctly describes the later life of the married couple?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** account · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** later life

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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/1798-pg641-part49/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:e4:1
# text = Which account correctly describes the later life of the married couple?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which account | the later life of the married couple |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

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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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They lived together until death and had famous children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:e4:o1:1
# text = They lived together until death and had famous children
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | past | They |  |  |  | until death | together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | famous children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They lived in great wealth and had many children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:e4:o2:1
# text = They lived in great wealth and had many children
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  | great wealth |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wealth=Location |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | many children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They lived together in a small house until death and had children who were famous across the land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:e4:o3:1
# text = They lived together in a small house until death and had children who were famous across the land
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	across	across	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | past | They |  |  | a small house | until death | together *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | children |  |  | the land |  | famous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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They lived long and had children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1798-pg641-part49:e4:o4:1
# text = They lived long and had children
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | They *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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