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description: Which object inflicted the injury to Jurgen, and in what condition was Clara when the fishermen recovered her? Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179…

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Which object inflicted the injury to Jurgen, and in what condition was Clara when the fishermen recovered her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, condition, fishermen · **What happens:** inflict, be, recover · **To what, where:** injury, Jurgen, Clara, object

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e3:1
# text = Which object inflicted the injury to Jurgen, and in what condition was Clara when the fishermen recovered her?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	inflicted	inflict	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	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jurgen	Jurgen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	12	det	_	_
12	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inflict** | past | which object | the injury | Jurgen |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | what condition |  |  | Clara |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **recover** | past | the fishermen | object |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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 rock; Clara was pale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e3:o1:1
# text = A rock; Clara was pale
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | a rock |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A flying plank end; Clara lay cold and quiet on the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e3:o2:1
# text = A flying plank end; Clara lay cold and quiet on the sand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	plank	plank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | past | Clara | a flying plank end |  | the sand |  | cold *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on sand=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sharp iron hook; Clara was cold and still on the beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e3:o3:1
# text = A sharp iron hook; Clara was cold and still on the beach
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Clara |  |  | the beach |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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

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An iron anchor edge; Clara was pale and lifeless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:e3:o4:1
# text = An iron anchor edge; Clara was pale and lifeless
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	Clara	Clara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Clara | a iron anchor edge *not said here* |  |  |  | pale *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Clara *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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