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# Exam question 1 · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1:…

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Identify the instruction imparted by Mother Jaguar concerning the treatment of a Hedgehog.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Jaguar · **What happens:** identify, impart, concern, treat · **To what, where:** instruction, treatment, Hedgehog

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 82 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 1: Painted Jaguar and the muddled advice» 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/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:e1:1
# text = Identify the instruction imparted by Mother Jaguar concerning the treatment of a Hedgehog.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	imparted	impart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	Jaguar	Jaguar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Hedgehog	Hedgehog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instruction |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |
| 2 | **impart** | participle |  | the instruction *not said here* |  |  |  | by Mother | tree rules |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | Jaguar *not said here* | the treatment of a Hedgehog |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus treatment=Experiencer |
| 4 | **treat** |  |  | a Hedgehog |  |  |  |  | nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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That he be dropped into the deep water at once, whereupon he will uncoil and sink to the bottom

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:e1:o1:1
# text = That he be dropped into the deep water at once, whereupon he will uncoil and sink to the bottom
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the deep water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination at once=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **uncoil** | future | he |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **sink** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:e1:o2:1
# text = That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **uncoil** | future | he |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil and swim away from the bank entirely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:e1:o3:1
# text = That he be dropped into the water, whereupon he will uncoil and swim away from the bank entirely
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	whereupon	whereupon	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	uncoil	uncoil	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
15	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **uncoil** | future | he |  |  |  |  | whereupon *property* | vn separate-23.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **swim away** | infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  | away, entirely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from bank=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he be buried in the mud at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar:e1:o4:1
# text = That he be buried in the mud at once
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | infinitive · passive |  | That |  | the mud |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in mud=Destination |

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