--- title: Which group of creatures does the toad encounter at the pond, and ho… — Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad cli… · tree and pragmatics description: Which group of creatures does the toad encounter at the pond, and how do they receive her? Exam question 2 of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad cli…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1004-pg27200-part215/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well an… Which group of creatures does the toad encounter at the pond, and how do they receive her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** group, creatures · **What happens:** do, receive · **To what, where:** toad encounter, pond, group This is exam question 2 of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» 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/1004-pg27200-part215/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:e2:1 # text = Which group of creatures does the toad encounter at the pond, and how do they receive her? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 creatures creature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 toad toad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 encounter encounter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | which group of creatures | the toad encounter | | the pond | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encounter=Eventuality | | 2 | **receive** | present · do-support | creatures *= creature* | group | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 {#o1} The frogs, who ignore her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:e2:o1:1 # text = The frogs, who ignore her 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ignore ignore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | present | the frogs | her *= she* | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The stork, who greets her kindly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:e2:o2:1 # text = The stork, who greets her kindly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 greets greet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | present | the stork | | stork | | | kindly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The frogs, who welcome her warmly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:e2:o3:1 # text = The frogs, who welcome her warmly 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 welcome welcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 warmly warmly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **welcome** | past | the frogs | her *= she* | | | | warmly *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The hens, who chase her away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1004-pg27200-part215:e2:o4:1 # text = The hens, who chase her away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hens hen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chase chase VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase away** | present | the hens | her *= she* | | | | away *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | **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. 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