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description: Which fish, by its own account, possessed the greatest advantages over mankind? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

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Which fish, by its own account, possessed the greatest advantages over mankind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fish, its · **What happens:** possess, account · **To what, where:** greatest advantages, mankind

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e4:1
# text = Which fish, by its own account, possessed the greatest advantages over mankind?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	advantages	advantage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | past | which fish and its own account | the greatest advantages |  | mankind |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot advantage=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=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 {#o1}

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a small slimy whiting with a very long opinion of men

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e4:o1:1
# text = a small slimy whiting with a very long opinion of men
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a little slimy Whiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e4:o2:1
# text = a little slimy Whiting
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a clever greasy mackerel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e4:o3:1
# text = a clever greasy mackerel
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	greasy	greasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mackerel	mackerel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a little slimy whiting who knew about scales

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:818-pg27200-part29:e4:o4:1
# text = a little slimy whiting who knew about scales
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	slimy	slimy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	whiting	whiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | a little slimy whiting |  |  |  |  | about scales | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about scale=Stimulus |

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