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title: Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concer… — Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocke… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concerning the Ice Mountain? Exam question 4 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

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Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concerning the Ice Mountain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** decision, passage · **What happens:** reach, concern · **To what, where:** close, Ice Mountain

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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/1892-pg7277-part29/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e4:1
# text = Which decision did Mannikin reach at the close of the passage concerning the Ice Mountain?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Mountain	Mountain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past · do-support | which decision |  |  | the close of the passage |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the passage *not said here* | the Ice Mountain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mountain=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 {#o1}

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He decided to wait for spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = He decided to wait for spring
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He chose to try the climb despite the peril

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = He chose to try the climb despite the peril
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	climb	climb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	peril	peril	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the climb |  |  |  | despite the peril | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent climb=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He decided to send the spaniels instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = He decided to send the spaniels instead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the spaniels |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spaniel=Theme |

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

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He resolved to attempt the undertaking despite the danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = He resolved to attempt the undertaking despite the danger
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	undertaking	undertaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **attempt** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the undertaking |  |  |  | despite the danger | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent undertaking=Eventuality |

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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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