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title: It is stated that the path was «treacherous, full of loose stones an… — Vocabulary in context · tree and pragmatics
description: It is stated that the path was «treacherous, full of loose stones and steep drops». Select the response that most accurately characterises «treacherous». Exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 2 · Vocabulary in context

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It is stated that the path was «treacherous, full of loose stones and steep drops». Select the response that most accurately characterises «treacherous».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** path, you, most · **What happens:** state, be, select, characteris · **To what, where:** It, response, treacherous · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Vocabulary in context» of the English 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/english/20-vocabulary-in-context/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is stated that the path was «treacherous, full of loose stones and steep drops».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:1
# text = It is stated that the path was «treacherous, full of loose stones and steep drops».
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	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the path |  |  |  |  | treacherous *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response that most accurately characterises «treacherous».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:2
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises «treacherous».
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | treacherous |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hazardous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:o1:1
# text = Hazardous
1	Hazardous	Hazardous	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Picturesque and pleasing to the eye of any traveller passing along it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:o2:1
# text = Picturesque and pleasing to the eye of any traveller passing along it
1	Picturesque	Picturesque	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	pleasing	please	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	along	along	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **please** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to the eye of any traveller | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund | any traveller *not said here* |  |  | traveller |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme along it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Level and even

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:o3:1
# text = Level and even
1	Level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brief in length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:20-vocabulary-in-context:e2:o4:1
# text = Brief in length
1	Brief	brief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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