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description: According to the narrator, what was the effect of the blood-marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against him? Exam question 3 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 3 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and…

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According to the narrator, what was the effect of the blood-marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** accord, be · **To what, where:** effect

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» 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/966-pg27200-part177/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e3:1
# text = According to the narrator, what was the effect of the blood-marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against him?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	proceedings	proceedings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	18	nmod	_	_
22	against	against	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the narrator and the effect | the effect |  |  |  | of the blood marks upon Jurgen's sleeve in the proceedings against Jurgen | tree rules |

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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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they served as damning evidence against him in court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e3:o1:1
# text = they served as damning evidence against him in court
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	damning	damn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **damn** | gerund | they *not said here* | evidence |  | court |  | against him *= he* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they were seen as a small clue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e3:o2:1
# text = they were seen as a small clue
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	clue	clue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past · passive |  | they |  |  |  | as a small clue | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as clue=Attribute |

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

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they served as damning evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e3:o3:1
# text = they served as damning evidence
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	damning	damn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **damn** | gerund | they *not said here* | evidence |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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they proved his innocence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e3:o4:1
# text = they proved his innocence
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proved	prove	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	innocence	innocence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | past | they | his innocence |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent innocence=Theme |

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