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title: Which quality of character is ascribed to Jimmu upon his return of t… — Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which quality of character is ascribed to Jimmu upon his return of the sum to the seller? Exam question 3 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 3 · Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a…

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Which quality of character is ascribed to Jimmu upon his return of the sum to the seller?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum · **What happens:** ascribe, return · **To what, where:** quality, Jimmu

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 724 «Brown Fairy Book, The Magic Kettle: a kettle turns into a tanuki and makes its owner rich» 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/724-pg2435-part64/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e3:1
# text = Which quality of character is ascribed to Jimmu upon his return of the sum to the seller?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	ascribed	ascribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Jimmu	Jimmu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	seller	seller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascribe** | present · passive |  | which quality of character | Jimmu |  |  | upon Jimmu's return of the sum to the seller | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** |  | the sum to the seller |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: of=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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generosity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e3:o1:1
# text = generosity
1	generosity	generosity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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great honesty and a sense of fairness towards others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e3:o2:1
# text = great honesty and a sense of fairness towards others
1	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fairness	fairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** |  |  | fairness |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a deep and steady sense of duty to his family and friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e3:o3:1
# text = a deep and steady sense of duty to his family and friends
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sense** |  |  | duty |  |  |  | to his family and friends | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

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

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integrity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:724-pg2435-part64:e3:o4:1
# text = integrity
1	integrity	integrity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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