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title: Describe the manner in which the girl's grandmother is situated when… — Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hoo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the manner in which the girl's grandmother is situated when the wolf arrives. Exam question 3 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks t…

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Describe the manner in which the girl's grandmother is situated when the wolf arrives.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wolf · **What happens:** describe, situate, arrive · **To what, where:** manner, grandmother

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1426 «Blue Fairy Book, Little Red Riding-Hood: the wolf tricks the girl and eats her and her grandmother» 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/1426-pg503-part13/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e3:1
# text = Describe the manner in which the girl's grandmother is situated when the wolf arrives.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **situate** | present · passive |  | the girl's grandmother |  | the manner |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |
| 3 | **arrive** | present | the wolf |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Confined to her bed through illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e3:o1:1
# text = Confined to her bed through illness
1	Confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  |  |  | illness |  | to her bed | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to bed=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Resting in her chair by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e3:o2:1
# text = Resting in her chair by the window
1	Resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund |  |  |  | her chair |  | by the window | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in chair=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Sitting upright in her armchair reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e3:o3:1
# text = Sitting upright in her armchair reading
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	upright	upright	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	armchair	armchair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | her armchair reading |  | upright *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reading=Location |
| 2 | **read** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sitting by fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1426-pg503-part13:e3:o4:1
# text = Sitting by fire
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |

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