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title: Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative? — Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goos… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the k…

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Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principle, six blind men · **What happens:** do, illustrate · **To what, where:** narrative

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 356 «Book of Tales, Maximilian and the Goose Boy, part 1: the king naps under a tree and wakes at noon» 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/356-pg18442-part16/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e3:1
# text = Which principle do the six blind men illustrate in the narrative?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	illustrate	illustrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which principle |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **illustrate** | present | the six blind men |  |  | the narrative |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers who each trust only their own limited experience

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e3:o1:1
# text = Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers who each trust only their own limited experience
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perception	perception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	observers	observer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	trust	trust	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	experience	experience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | can | Partial perception |  |  |  |  | to conflict; among observers | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient |
| 2 | **trust** | present | observers | observers's own limited experience |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **experience** |  | observers *= observer* |  |  |  |  |  | nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Limited knowledge breeds arguments between witnesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e3:o2:1
# text = Limited knowledge breeds arguments between witnesses
1	Limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breeds	breed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	arguments	argument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breed** | present | Limited knowledge | arguments |  |  |  | between witnesses | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers, and only sight reveals the complete truth of things

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e3:o3:1
# text = Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers, and only sight reveals the complete truth of things
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perception	perception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	observers	observer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	reveals	reveal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | can | Partial perception |  |  |  |  | to conflict; among observers | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient |
| 2 | **reveal** | present | sight | the complete truth of things |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:356-pg18442-part16:e3:o4:1
# text = Partial perception can lead to conflict among observers
1	Partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	perception	perception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lead	lead	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	observers	observer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | can | Partial perception |  |  |  |  | to conflict; among observers | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to conflict=Patient |

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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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