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title: In accordance with the text, to what fixed object was the white hen… — Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161:… · tree and pragmatics
description: In accordance with the text, to what fixed object was the white hen secured? Exam question 2 of lesson 950 «Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plague to Falster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 2 · Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plag…

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In accordance with the text, to what fixed object was the white hen secured?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** accordance · **What happens:** fix, be, secure · **To what, where:** object, white hen

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 950 «Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plague to Falster» 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/950-pg27200-part161/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e2:1
# text = In accordance with the text, to what fixed object was the white hen secured?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fixed	fix	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	secured	secure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | past | accordance with the text | object |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent object=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | accordance with the text | the white hen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **secure** | participle |  | the white hen *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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A wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e2:o1:1
# text = A wall
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e2:o2:1
# text = A table
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e2:o3:1
# text = Floor
1	Floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A bench

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e2:o4:1
# text = A bench
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bench	bench	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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