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title: Which figure in the first part advises the young man concerning the… — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which figure in the first part advises the young man concerning the serpent-king's feast? Exam question 1 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 1 · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par…

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Which figure in the first part advises the young man concerning the serpent-king's feast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** figure, young man · **What happens:** advise, concern · **To what, where:** young man, feast

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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/1801-pg641-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e1:1
# text = Which figure in the first part advises the young man concerning the serpent-king's feast?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	advises	advise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | present | which figure in the first part |  | the young man |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the young man *not said here* | the serpent king's feast |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus feast=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = The wizard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wizard	wizard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A monk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = A monk
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The old hermit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = The old hermit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = Crone
1	Crone	crone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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