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description: With reference to the text, what sentiment does the Water-rat attribute to friendship? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 6: Hans greets…

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With reference to the text, what sentiment does the Water-rat attribute to friendship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sentiment · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Water rat attribute

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e4:1
# text = With reference to the text, what sentiment does the Water-rat attribute to friendship?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | sentiment | the Water rat attribute |  |  |  | with reference to the text; to friendship | tree rules |

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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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That friendship is higher than love

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e4:o1:1
# text = That friendship is higher than love
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that friendship |  |  |  |  | than love; high *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That friendship is a gift which only the wise can truly understand and keep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e4:o2:1
# text = That friendship is a gift which only the wise can truly understand and keep
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that friendship | a gift |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **understand** | can | the wise | a gift |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | the wise *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That love is stronger than wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e4:o3:1
# text = That love is stronger than wealth
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that love |  |  |  |  | than wealth; strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That friendship must always come before any love or family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2036-pg902-part6:e4:o4:1
# text = That friendship must always come before any love or family
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | must | that friendship |  |  | any love or family |  | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before love=Location |

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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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