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title: According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving t… — Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving the dancing-room? Exam question 2 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for Fran…

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According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving the dancing-room?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** accord, take, leave · **To what, where:** narrative, dancing room

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» 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/1016-pg27200-part227/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what action did Knud take upon leaving the dancing-room?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
7	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | past · do-support | action | the narrative |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **leave** | gerund | action *not said here* | the dancing room |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He departed immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e2:o1:1
# text = He departed immediately
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | He |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He left without a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e2:o2:1
# text = He left without a word
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | He |  |  |  |  | without a word | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He stayed outside the hall for hours thinking of Joanna and her song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e2:o3:1
# text = He stayed outside the hall for hours thinking of Joanna and her song
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | He |  |  | the hall | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside hall=Location |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of Joanna and her song | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He returned to the dance floor and asked the girl for another dance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e2:o4:1
# text = He returned to the dance floor and asked the girl for another dance
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  |  |  |  | to the dance floor *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to floor=Result |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He *not said here* |  | the girl |  |  | for another dance | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient |

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