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description: Identify the precise condition under which the lad is transformed into ashes, as stated in the passage. Exam question 2 of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 2 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…

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Identify the precise condition under which the lad is transformed into ashes, as stated in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, transform, state · **To what, where:** precise condition, lad, passage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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/1839-pg7128-part23/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:e2:1
# text = Identify the precise condition under which the lad is transformed into ashes, as stated in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **transform** | present · passive |  | the lad |  | the precise condition |  | into ashes *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into ash=Result |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Looking back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:e2:o1:1
# text = Looking back
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Looking back after plucking the tallest ear of rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:e2:o2:1
# text = Looking back after plucking the tallest ear of rice
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	plucking	pluck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tallest	tall	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pluck** | gerund |  | the tallest ear of rice |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Eating a single grain of the golden rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:e2:o3:1
# text = Eating a single grain of the golden rice
1	Eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  | a single grain of the golden rice |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Touching the rice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1839-pg7128-part23:e2:o4:1
# text = Touching the rice
1	Touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rice	rice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | gerund |  | the rice |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rice=Co-Theme |

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