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description: To which character does the foolish plan involving the pot of rice principally belong? Exam question 2 of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» of the
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…

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To which character does the foolish plan involving the pot of rice principally belong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foolish plan · **What happens:** do, involve, belong · **To what, where:** foolish plan, pot

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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/1824-pg7128-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e2:1
# text = To which character does the foolish plan involving the pot of rice principally belong?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	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	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	involving	involve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the foolish plan |  |  |  | to which character | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality |
| 2 | **involve** | gerund | the foolish plan *not said here* | the pot of rice |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pot=Theme |
| 3 | **belong** | present | the foolish plan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | principally *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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The wife called Balna

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = The wife called Balna
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Balna	Balna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle |  | the wife *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The boy named Somasarman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = The boy named Somasarman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Somasarman	Somasarman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Brahman named Svabhavakripana

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = The Brahman named Svabhavakripana
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Brahman	brahman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	Svabhavakripana	Svabhavakripana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | the Brahman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The poor Brahman who lived with his wives in the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1824-pg7128-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = The poor Brahman who lived with his wives in the village
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the poor Brahman |  |  | the village |  | with Brahman's wives | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with wife=Location |

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