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description: Which phrase did Babette direct towards the Divine when she sought enlightenment regarding the events? Exam question 4 of lesson 864 «pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is claimed by the Ice Maiden, and Babette waits out the storm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 4 · pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is cla…

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Which phrase did Babette direct towards the Divine when she sought enlightenment regarding the events?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, Babette · **What happens:** direct, seek, regard · **To what, where:** enlightenment, events

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 864 «pg27200, The Ice Maiden: Rudy dives after his ring, is claimed by the Ice Maiden, and Babette waits out the storm» 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/864-pg27200-part75/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:864-pg27200-part75:e4:1
# text = Which phrase did Babette direct towards the Divine when she sought enlightenment regarding the events?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	direct	direct	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Divine	Divine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	enlightenment	enlightenment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | past · do-support | which phrase |  |  |  |  | towards the Divine | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **seek** | past | Babette | enlightenment |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enlightenment=Theme |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund | Babette *not said here* | the events |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme |

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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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"Gracious Lord, give me patience now"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:864-pg27200-part75:e4:o1:1
# text = "Gracious Lord, give me patience now"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Gracious	gracious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	patience	patience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | Gracious Lord | patience | me |  | now |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient patience=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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"Dear God, please bring Rudy home safe"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:864-pg27200-part75:e4:o2:1
# text = "Dear God, please bring Rudy home safe"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	please	please	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Dear God |  | Rudy |  |  | home, safe *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument rudy=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"Merciful God, enlighten my understanding and show me what Thou hast done"

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:864-pg27200-part75:e4:o3:1
# text = "Merciful God, enlighten my understanding and show me what Thou hast done"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Merciful	Merciful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	enlighten	enlighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
13	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlighten** *in a quote* | infinitive | Merciful God | my understanding |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus understanding=Experiencer |
| 2 | **show** *in a quote* | infinitive | Merciful God *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 4 | **understand** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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"Merciful God, enlighten my understanding"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:864-pg27200-part75:e4:o4:1
# text = "Merciful God, enlighten my understanding"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Merciful	Merciful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	enlighten	enlighten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	understanding	understanding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlighten** *in a quote* | infinitive | Merciful God | my understanding |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus understanding=Experiencer |
| 2 | **understand** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom understanding «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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