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description: To what extent did Jurgen's conduct at sea demonstrate the fortitude described in the song he had sung? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 2 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

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To what extent did Jurgen's conduct at sea demonstrate the fortitude described in the song he had sung?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** extent, Jurgen · **What happens:** do, demonstrate, describe, sing, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, sea, fortitude, song

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e2:1
# text = To what extent did Jurgen's conduct at sea demonstrate the fortitude described in the song he had sung?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fortitude	fortitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent | Jurgen's conduct |  | sea |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Eventuality |
| 2 | **demonstrate** | present |  | the fortitude |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fortitude=Topic to what=Recipient |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the fortitude *not said here* |  | the song |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · perfect | extent | the song *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 5 | **conduct** |  | Jurgen |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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He stayed calm and sang the song while waiting for help to arrive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e2:o1:1
# text = He stayed calm and sang the song while waiting for help to arrive
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | He *not said here* | the song |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for help | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **arrive** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He held Clara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e2:o2:1
# text = He held Clara
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | He | Clara |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clara=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He swam away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e2:o3:1
# text = He swam away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim away** | past | He |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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He held Clara fast and swam towards land despite his exhaustion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e2:o4:1
# text = He held Clara fast and swam towards land despite his exhaustion
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	despite	despite	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | He | Clara |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clara=Theme |
| 2 | **swim** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | land |  | despite Clara's exhaustion | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards land=Destination |
| 3 | **exhaust** |  | Clara |  |  |  |  |  | nom exhaustion «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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