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title: Determine what the Councillor concludes regarding the source of the… — Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a l… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine what the Councillor concludes regarding the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concerning Modestia. Exam question 4 of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

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Determine what the Councillor concludes regarding the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concerning Modestia.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Councillor, gentleman · **What happens:** determine, conclude, regard, concern, remark

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» 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/277-pg1597-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e4:1
# text = Determine what the Councillor concludes regarding the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concerning Modestia.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Councillor	councillor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
16	Modestia	Modestia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **conclude** | present | the Councillor |  |  |  |  | regard the source of the gentleman's Latin remark concern Modestia | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **remark** |  | the gentleman |  |  |  |  | concern Modestia | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent concern=obl |

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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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He judges it to be a folk saying he fully understands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = He judges it to be a folk saying he fully understands
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	judges	judge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	folk	folk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	understands	understand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | present | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a folk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a folk *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **understand** | present | he |  |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He judges it to be a common proverb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = He judges it to be a common proverb
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	judges	judge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | present | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a common proverb |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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He judges it to be a learned expression, though he does not fully grasp its meaning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = He judges it to be a learned expression, though he does not fully grasp its meaning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	judges	judge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
14	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	grasp	grasp	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | present | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value |
| 2 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a learned expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **grasp** | present · do-support | he | expression's meaning |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meaning=Stimulus |
| 5 | **mean** |  | expression |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He thinks it is nonsense from a drunkard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:277-pg1597-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = He thinks it is nonsense from a drunkard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	_	2	ccomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	drunkard	drunkard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | nonsense |  | a drunkard |  |  | tree rules |

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