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# Exam question 2 · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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What, according to the Rat, was his principal complaint regarding contemporary illumination?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, be, regard · **To what, where:** principal complaint

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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/818-pg27200-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e2:1
# text = What, according to the Rat, was his principal complaint regarding contemporary illumination?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	complaint	complaint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
12	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
13	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	illumination	illumination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | his principal complaint |  |  |  | accord the Rat; regard contemporary illumination | tree rules |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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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that it consisted of gas and petroleum and was far too bright for the eyes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = that it consisted of gas and petroleum and was far too bright for the eyes
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consisted	consist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | past | it |  |  |  |  | of gas and petroleum | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for the eyes; bright, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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that it consisted of gas and petroleum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = that it consisted of gas and petroleum
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consisted	consist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consist** | past | it |  |  |  |  | of gas and petroleum | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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that it was made of tallow and wax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = that it was made of tallow and wax
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tallow	tallow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	wax	wax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | of tallow and wax | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that the whole city had been lit by gas and petroleum since last winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = that the whole city had been lit by gas and petroleum since last winter
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	petroleum	petroleum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lit** | past · perfect · passive | gas and petroleum | the whole city |  |  | winter |  | tree rules |

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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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