--- title: Which event in the passage precedes John's encounter with the open c… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi… · tree and pragmatics description: Which event in the passage precedes John's encounter with the open coffin? Exam question 4 of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the world» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/e4/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Silver Shi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1006-pg27200-part217/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: Joh… Which event in the passage precedes John's encounter with the open coffin? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event, John · **What happens:** precede, encounter · **To what, where:** encounter This is exam question 4 of lesson 1006 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Silver Shilling, part 217: John buries his father and sets out into the 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/1006-pg27200-part217/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e4:1 # text = Which event in the passage precedes John's encounter with the open coffin? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 precedes precede VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 encounter encounter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **precede** | present | which event in the passage | John's encounter | | | | with the open coffin | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme encounter=Co-Theme | | 2 | **encounter** | | John | | | | | | nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} the old beggar taking his shillings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e4:o1:1 # text = the old beggar taking his shillings 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shillings shilling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | gerund | the old beggar *not said here* | his shillings | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shilling=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the ringer waving his red cap as John left the village ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e4:o2:1 # text = the ringer waving his red cap as John left the village 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ringer ringer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 waving wave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wave** | gerund | the ringer *not said here* | ringer's red cap | | | | as John | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | past | the ringer | the village | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the two men arguing outside the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e4:o3:1 # text = the two men arguing outside the gate 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 arguing argue VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 outside outside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | the two men *not said here* | | | | | outside the gate | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a violent storm forcing him to shelter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1006-pg27200-part217:e4:o4:1 # text = a violent storm forcing him to shelter 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 forcing force VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | gerund | a violent storm *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **shelter** | to-infinitive | a violent storm *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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