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title: With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise men summarised the means of curing the sick man. Exam question 4 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 10…

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With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise men summarised the means of curing the sick man.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wise men, the · **What happens:** identify, summarise, mean, cure · **To what, where:** phrase, sick man

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 890 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 101: the storks plan to hide the swan feathers» 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/890-pg27200-part101/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e4:1
# text = With reference to the passage, identify the phrase by which the wise men summarised the means of curing the sick man.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	summarised	summarise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	nsubj	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	ccomp	_	_
18	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	curing	cure	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 phrase |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent phrase=Theme |
| 2 | **summarise** | past | the wise men |  |  |  |  | by the phrase | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | present | the |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cure** | gerund | the *not said here* | the sick man |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer man=Source |

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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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Blood is a life-giver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e4:o1:1
# text = Blood is a life-giver
1	Blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Blood | a life giver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Love heals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e4:o2:1
# text = Love heals
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | present | Love |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Love is life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e4:o3:1
# text = Love is life
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Love life |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Love is a life-giver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:890-pg27200-part101:e4:o4:1
# text = Love is a life-giver
1	Love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	giver	giver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Love | a life giver |  |  |  |  | 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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