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title: To what condition was the ship's progress reduced upon the open ocean? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what condition was the ship's progress reduced upon the open ocean? Exam question 4 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath,…

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To what condition was the ship's progress reduced upon the open ocean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, reduce · **To what, where:** progress

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1917 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Black Bird, part 54: Vivien's bath, the Black Bird's words, and a paper ship» 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/1917-pg7277-part54/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e4:1
# text = To what condition was the ship's progress reduced upon the open ocean?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the ship's progress |  |  |  | to condition | tree rules |
| 2 | **reduce** | participle |  | the ship's progress *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the open ocean | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

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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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A collision with jagged rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e4:o1:1
# text = A collision with jagged rocks
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	jagged	jagged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A storm of violent gales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e4:o2:1
# text = A storm of violent gales
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gales	gale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **storm** |  | violent gales |  |  |  |  |  | nom storm «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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A calm without any wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e4:o3:1
# text = A calm without any wind
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tide of raging current

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1917-pg7277-part54:e4:o4:1
# text = A tide of raging current
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	raging	rage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	current	current	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rage** | gerund | a tide *not said here* |  |  |  |  | current *property* | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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