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# Exam question 1 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

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Which vessel, namely the Karen Bronne, was observed by Merchant Bronne from the lighthouse, and on what occasion did it founder?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Merchant · **What happens:** observe, founder · **To what, where:** vessel, lighthouse

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» 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/968-pg27200-part179/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e1:1
# text = Which vessel, namely the Karen Bronne, was observed by Merchant Bronne from the lighthouse, and on what occasion did it founder?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	namely	namely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Karen	Karen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Merchant	Merchant	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
13	Bronne	Bronne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lighthouse	lighthouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
19	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
20	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	21	det	_	_
21	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	founder	founder	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | past · passive | Merchant | which vessel |  | the lighthouse |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |
| 2 | **founder** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It foundered after a plank gave way and the water rushed in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e1:o1:1
# text = It foundered after a plank gave way and the water rushed in
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	foundered	founder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	rushed	rush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **founder** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | a plank | way and the water |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 3 | **rush in** | participle |  | way and the water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It sank after the rudder jammed and the hull filled with the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e1:o2:1
# text = It sank after the rudder jammed and the hull filled with the sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rudder	rudder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hull	hull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | It |  |  |  | after the rudder |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **jam** | participle |  | the rudder *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fill** | participle | the hull |  |  |  |  | with the sea | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sea=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A plank broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e1:o3:1
# text = A plank broke
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | a plank |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It foundered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e1:o4:1
# text = It foundered
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	foundered	founder	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **founder** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | 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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