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description: Which statement correctly summarises the children's condition at the close of the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 4 · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which statement correctly summarises the children's condition at the close of the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** statement, children · **What happens:** summarise, condition · **To what, where:** condition, close

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting dragon» 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/646-pg23661-part14/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e4:1
# text = Which statement correctly summarises the children's condition at the close of the passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	summarises	summarise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summarise** | present | which statement | the children's condition |  | the close of the passage |  | correctly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **condition** |  | the children |  |  | the close of the passage |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were sent indoors and to bed, having arrived with wet and muddy boots.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e4:o1:1
# text = They were sent indoors and to bed, having arrived with wet and muddy boots.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux	_	_
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | with wet boots | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were sent indoors and to bed at once, having arrived with wet and muddy boots and a great deal of grey pool water on their coats.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e4:o2:1
# text = They were sent indoors and to bed at once, having arrived with wet and muddy boots and a great deal of grey pool water on their coats.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
24	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	coats	coat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | with wet boots and a great deal of grey pool water on boots's coats | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **deal** |  |  | grey pool water on boots's coats |  |  |  |  | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were sent indoors and to bed after a long night, arriving home with wet and muddy boots and very cold feet.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e4:o3:1
# text = They were sent indoors and to bed after a long night, arriving home with wet and muddy boots and very cold feet.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
14	home	home	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
19	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	very	very	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | They |  |  | night | indoors *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with wet boots and cold feet; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They were scolded indoors after walking home in wet and muddy boots.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:646-pg23661-part14:e4:o4:1
# text = They were scolded indoors after walking home in wet and muddy boots.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	scolded	scold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | wet boots |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boot=Trajectory |

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