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description: Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Prince Rasalu took leave of his father's court? Exam question 1 of lesson 1841 «Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking prince, a talking corpse, a clever cricket» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 1 · Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking princ…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Prince Rasalu took leave of his father's court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** follow, describe, take · **To what, where:** manner, leave

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1841 «Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking prince, a talking corpse, a clever cricket» 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/1841-pg7128-part25/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1841-pg7128-part25:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the manner in which Prince Rasalu took leave of his father's court?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	Rasalu	Rasalu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | Prince | leave of Prince's father's court |  | the manner |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent leave=Value in which=Location |

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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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He left in anger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1841-pg7128-part25:e1:o1:1
# text = He left in anger
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | He |  |  |  |  | in anger *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in anger=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He rode out with bitter but calm manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1841-pg7128-part25:e1:o2:1
# text = He rode out with bitter but calm manner
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride out** | past | He |  |  |  |  | with bitter manner | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He left the court in fury and shame quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1841-pg7128-part25:e1:o3:1
# text = He left the court in fury and shame quietly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | He | the court |  | fury and shame |  | quietly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent court=Theme in fury=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He departed with scornful but dignified composure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1841-pg7128-part25:e1:o4:1
# text = He departed with scornful but dignified composure
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	scornful	scornful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dignified	dignified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	composure	composure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | He |  |  |  |  | with scornful composure | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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