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description: Which principle governed the conduct of the baron's household, as stated in the text? Exam question 1 of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:…

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Which principle governed the conduct of the baron's household, as stated in the text?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** principle · **What happens:** govern, state, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, text, household

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» 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/959-pg27200-part170/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e1:1
# text = Which principle governed the conduct of the baron's household, as stated in the text?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	principle	principle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	governed	govern	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	baron	baron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **govern** | past | which principle | the conduct of the baron's household |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | which principle *not said here* |  |  | the text |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | the baron's household |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"Everything in the right place"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e1:o1:1
# text = "Everything in the right place"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Each in its own station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e1:o2:1
# text = Each in its own station
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Everything in its proper right place and rank, without exception

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e1:o3:1
# text = Everything in its proper right place and rank, without exception
1	Everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every thing and every person kept in the right place always

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:e1:o4:1
# text = Every thing and every person kept in the right place always
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | participle |  | every thing and every person *not said here* |  | the right place |  | always *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |

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