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title: What, according to the passage, was the role of Nina in the events d… — Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the passage, was the role of Nina in the events described? Exam question 4 of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule…

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What, according to the passage, was the role of Nina in the events described?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, be, describe · **To what, where:** role, events

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1906 «Olive Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 1: Simon buys a mule that three rogues swear is a donkey» 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/1906-pg7277-part43/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e4:1
# text = What, according to the passage, was the role of Nina in the events described?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	role	role	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Nina	Nina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
16	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the role |  | the events |  | accord the passage; of Nina | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the events *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 {#o1}

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She cooked the meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e4:o1:1
# text = She cooked the meal
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cooked	cook	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	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | past | She | the meal |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

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

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She advised Simon and prepared the meal in accordance with his instructions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e4:o2:1
# text = She advised Simon and prepared the meal in accordance with his instructions
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	advised	advise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | She |  | Simon |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent simon=Recipient |
| 2 | **prepare** | past | She *not said here* | the meal |  | accordance |  | with Simon's instructions | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent meal=Patient with instruction=Instrument |
| 3 | **instruct** |  | Simon |  |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She travelled with Simon and helped him haggle at the market stalls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e4:o3:1
# text = She travelled with Simon and helped him haggle at the market stalls
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	haggle	haggle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	stalls	stall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | She |  |  |  |  | with Simon | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | past | She *not said here* | Simon |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **haggle** | infinitive | Simon *not said here* |  |  | the market stalls |  |  | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She argued with Simon and was then sent to the market for the goats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1906-pg7277-part43:e4:o4:1
# text = She argued with Simon and was then sent to the market for the goats
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Simon	Simon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | She |  |  |  |  | with Simon | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with simon=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **send** | past · passive | She *not said here* |  |  | the market | then | for the goats | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to market=Destination |

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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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