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title: In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise i… — The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend,… · tree and pragmatics
description: In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise in her husband? Exam question 3 of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets…

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In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise in her husband?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, Miller · **What happens:** do, praise · **To what, where:** wife praise

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2036 «The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets the Miller in spring» 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/2036-pg902-part6/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e3:1
# text = In accordance with the passage, what does the Miller's wife praise in her husband?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the passage | the Miller's wife praise |  |  |  | in her husband | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent praise=Eventuality |
| 2 | **praise** |  | the Miller |  |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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His thoughtfulness towards others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e3:o1:1
# text = His thoughtfulness towards others
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	thoughtfulness	thoughtfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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His generosity in lending money to every neighbour in need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e3:o2:1
# text = His generosity in lending money to every neighbour in need
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	generosity	generosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	lending	lend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | gerund | His generosity *not said here* | money | every neighbour in need |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to neighbour=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His cleverness with money and flour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e3:o3:1
# text = His cleverness with money and flour
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His patience with the children and his wise advice about everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e3:o4:1
# text = His patience with the children and his wise advice about everything
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

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