--- title: Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the gir… — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the girl's public identity? Exam question 3 of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1985-pg7885-part4/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1985-pg7885-part4/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb… Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the girl's public identity? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Guleesh · **What happens:** take, regard · **To what, where:** decision This is exam question 3 of lesson 1985 «Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb and Guleesh hides her at the priest's house» 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/1985-pg7885-part4/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e3:1 # text = Which decision was taken by Guleesh and the priest regarding the girl's public identity? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Guleesh Guleesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 10 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · passive | Guleesh and the priest | which decision | | | | regard the girl's public identity | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} She was called his niece ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e3:o1:1 # text = She was called his niece 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 niece niece NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · passive | | She | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was introduced as a cousin from abroad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e3:o2:1 # text = She was introduced as a cousin from abroad 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 introduced introduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **introduce** | past · passive | | She | | | | as a cousin | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She was presented as the priest's brother's daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e3:o3:1 # text = She was presented as the priest's brother's daughter 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 presented present VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past · passive | | She | | | | as the priest's brother's daughter | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was kept secret ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e3:o4:1 # text = She was kept secret 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · passive | | She | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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. 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