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description: Which of the following identifies the substance that sustains the Princesses after the pomelo tree is destroyed? Exam question 1 of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» of the boo
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# Exam question 1 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pome…

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Which of the following identifies the substance that sustains the Princesses after the pomelo tree is destroyed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** follow, identify, sustain, destroy · **To what, where:** substance, Princesses, pomelo tree

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1822 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Seven Princesses, part 6: the pomelo tree is cut down, the girls are left in the jungle, and Balna is turned into a dog» 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/1822-pg7128-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:e1:1
# text = Which of the following identifies the substance that sustains the Princesses after the pomelo tree is destroyed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sustains	sustain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	pomelo	pomelo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 substance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent substance=Theme |
| 3 | **sustain** | present | the substance | the Princesses |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
| 4 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | the pomelo tree |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A nourishing bowl of rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = A nourishing bowl of rice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nourishing	nourishing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A nourishing cream-like cake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = A nourishing cream-like cake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	nourishing	nourishing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cake	cake	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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Pomelo fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = Pomelo fruit
1	Pomelo	Pomelo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fruit	fruit	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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A bitter pomelo juice mixed with the blood of a wild deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1822-pg7128-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = A bitter pomelo juice mixed with the blood of a wild deer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	pomelo	pomelo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mix** | participle |  | a bitter pomelo juice *not said here* |  |  |  | with the blood of a wild deer | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with blood=Co-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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