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description: With reference to the passage, to what extent does the thistle's self-regard prove to be justified by subsequent events? Exam question 1 of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» of the books course of
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…

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With reference to the passage, to what extent does the thistle's self-regard prove to be justified by subsequent events?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** extent, subsequent events, thistle · **What happens:** do, prove, justify, regard · **To what, where:** self regard

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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/998-pg27200-part209/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, to what extent does the thistle's self-regard prove to be justified by subsequent events?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	conj	_	_
9	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
17	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	justified	justify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | extent | the thistle's self regard |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality |
| 2 | **prove** | infinitive | extent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **justify** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | subsequent events |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **regard** |  | the thistle |  |  |  |  |  | nom regard «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is shown to be wholly unfounded by the events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e1:o1:1
# text = It is shown to be wholly unfounded by the events
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unfounded	unfound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **unfound** | to-infinitive · passive | the events |  |  |  |  | wholly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is proven entirely false by the outcome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e1:o2:1
# text = It is proven entirely false by the outcome
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · passive | the outcome | It |  |  |  | false *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Largely justified

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e1:o3:1
# text = Largely justified
1	Largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	justified	justified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is largely borne out by the later events

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:998-pg27200-part209:e1:o4:1
# text = It is largely borne out by the later events
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear out** | present · passive | the later events | It |  |  |  | largely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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