--- title: What did the Wind indicate regarding the new mill's construction? — Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Wind indicate regarding the new mill's construction? Exam question 4 of lesson 1030 «Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and His Daughters: the stork's nest, Anna Dorothea's end, the mill that burned» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1030-pg27200-part241/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 Tales, The Wind Tells about…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1030-pg27200-part241/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and H… What did the Wind indicate regarding the new mill's construction? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wind, new mill · **What happens:** do, indicate, regard, construct This is exam question 4 of lesson 1030 «Andersen's Tales, The Wind Tells about Valdemar Daae and His Daughters: the stork's nest, Anna Dorothea's end, the mill that burned» 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/1030-pg27200-part241/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:e4:1 # text = What did the Wind indicate regarding the new mill's construction? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 indicate indicate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 regarding regard VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 construction construction NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **indicate** | present | the Wind | | | | | regard the new mill's construction | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **regard** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **construct** | | the new mill | | | | | | nom construction «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It was made of better wood and iron ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:e4:o1:1 # text = It was made of better wood and iron 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | It | | | | of better wood and iron | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It was arranged more suitably for the time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:e4:o2:1 # text = It was arranged more suitably for the time 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 suitably suitably ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrange** | past · passive | | It | | | time | suitably *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was built in a newer and fashionable manner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:e4:o3:1 # text = It was built in a newer and fashionable manner 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 newer new ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 fashionable fashionable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past · passive | | It | | a newer manner | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was cheaper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1030-pg27200-part241:e4:o4:1 # text = It was cheaper 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | **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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