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description: Which two words of the second tale most clearly describe the protagonist's character? Exam question 4 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 4 · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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Which two words of the second tale most clearly describe the protagonist's character?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** two words · **What happens:** describe, word · **To what, where:** character, second tale

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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/831-pg27200-part42/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e4:1
# text = Which two words of the second tale most clearly describe the protagonist's character?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | infinitive | which two words of the second tale | the protagonist's character |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | the second tale |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication 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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Kind, brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e4:o1:1
# text = Kind, brave
1	Kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Proud, presuming, and sharp-tongued, always wanting to be first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e4:o2:1
# text = Proud, presuming, and sharp-tongued, always wanting to be first
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	presuming	presume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tongued	tongued	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **presume** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |

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

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Proud and presuming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e4:o3:1
# text = Proud and presuming
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	presuming	presume	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **presume** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Loyal and cheerful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:e4:o4:1
# text = Loyal and cheerful
1	Loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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