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title: Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that… — Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that the narrator attributes to him? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Beside the Fire, Guleesh, part 4: the girl is struck dumb…

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Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that the narrator attributes to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, narrator, Guleesh · **What happens:** be, attribute, act · **To what, where:** Guleesh

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e4:1
# text = Which action of Guleesh is most consistent with the compassion that the narrator attributes to him?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Guleesh	Guleesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	compassion	compassion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which action of Guleesh |  |  |  |  | with the compassion; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attribute** | present | the narrator |  | Guleesh |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **act** |  | Guleesh |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He wept with pity at the girl's tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = He wept with pity at the girl's tears
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  | the girl's tears |  | with pity | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He carried her home to safety gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = He carried her home to safety gently
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | her home |  | safety |  | gently *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to safety=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He gave her food and warm clothes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = He gave her food and warm clothes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | food and warm clothes | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient food=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He spoke kindly to the frightened child and wept with pity at her tears, promising to protect her from every harm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1985-pg7885-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = He spoke kindly to the frightened child and wept with pity at her tears, promising to protect her from every harm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	promising	promise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the frightened child; kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to child=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **weep** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | child's tears |  | with pity | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **protect** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  | child |  |  | from every harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary from harm=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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