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description: Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the fox persuades the king that Count Piro is wealthy? Exam question 1 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bri…

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Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the fox persuades the king that Count Piro is wealthy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** statement, fox, king · **What happens:** describe, persuade, be · **To what, where:** manner, king

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 702 «Italian Popular Tales, Count Piro: the fox wins a rich bride and tests his master's gratitude» 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/702-pg2435-part42/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e1:1
# text = Which statement correctly describes the manner in which the fox persuades the king that Count Piro is wealthy?
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	describes	describe	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	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	persuades	persuade	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
15	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	Piro	Piro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which statement | the manner |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **persuade** | present | the fox | the king |  | the manner |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the king |  |  |  |  | wealthy *property* | 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 {#o1}

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By giving gifts of pears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e1:o1:1
# text = By giving gifts of pears
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pears	pear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | gifts of pears |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | pears |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Through false claims that the herds are the Count's wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e1:o2:1
# text = Through false claims that the herds are the Count's wealth
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the herds | the Count's wealth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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By giving false answers that the animals belong to Count Piro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e1:o3:1
# text = By giving false answers that the animals belong to Count Piro
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	Count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	Piro	Piro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | the animals *not said here* | false answers |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme |
| 2 | **belong** | present | the animals |  |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **count** | to-infinitive | the animals *not said here* | Piro |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piro=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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By offering the king gifts of fruit from the orchard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:702-pg2435-part42:e1:o4:1
# text = By offering the king gifts of fruit from the orchard
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	orchard	orchard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | gerund |  | the king gifts of fruit |  | the orchard |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent gift=Theme |
| 2 | **gift** |  |  | fruit |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=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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