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description: Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the schoolmistress refused to lend herbs? Exam question 2 of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

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Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the schoolmistress refused to lend herbs?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** schoolmistress · **What happens:** follow, identify, refuse, not lend · **To what, where:** reason, herbs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» 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/924-pg27200-part135/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately identifies the reason the schoolmistress refused to lend herbs?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	schoolmistress	schoolmistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	refused	refuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** | past | the schoolmistress | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **lend** | to-infinitive | the schoolmistress *not said here* | herbs |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=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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Her herb bed had died in frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e2:o1:1
# text = Her herb bed had died in frost
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	herb	herb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past · perfect | Her herb bed |  |  |  |  | in frost | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in frost=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her garden had no herbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e2:o2:1
# text = Her garden had no herbs
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Her garden | no herbs |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Her garden produced no herbs to spare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e2:o3:1
# text = Her garden produced no herbs to spare
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	spare	spare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | past | Her garden | no herbs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Result |
| 2 | **spare** | to-infinitive | Her garden *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Her plot grew no herbs to share

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e2:o4:1
# text = Her plot grew no herbs to share
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Her plot | no herbs |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herb=Theme |
| 2 | **share** | to-infinitive | Her plot *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **plot** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plot «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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