--- title: What is the function of the tar smeared on the base of the measure? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus a… · tree and pragmatics description: What is the function of the tar smeared on the base of the measure? Exam question 1 of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/e1/) [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, Little Klaus a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1729-pg640-part53/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little… What is the function of the tar smeared on the base of the measure? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** function · **What happens:** be, smear · **To what, where:** base This is exam question 1 of lesson 1729 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Klaus and Big Klaus: Little Klaus sells the sexton and then his dead grandmother for money» 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/1729-pg640-part53/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e1:1 # text = What is the function of the tar smeared on the base of the measure? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 function function NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 smeared smear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **smear** | past | the function of the tar | | | the base of the measure | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on base=Destination | 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} To make the measure heavier for sale ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e1:o1:1 # text = To make the measure heavier for sale 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the measure | | | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset measure=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} To trap coins stuck to the base and reveal them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e1:o2:1 # text = To trap coins stuck to the base and reveal them 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 trap trap VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 reveal reveal VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trap** | to-infinitive | | coins | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient | | 2 | **stick** | participle | | coins *not said here* | | | | to the base | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to base=Co-Patient | | 3 | **reveal** | infinitive | | coins *= coin* | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} To keep the measure clean and dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e1:o3:1 # text = To keep the measure clean and dry 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | the measure | | | | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} To retain coins that adhere to the base ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1729-pg640-part53:e1:o4:1 # text = To retain coins that adhere to the base 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 retain retain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 coins coin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 adhere adhere VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retain** | to-infinitive | | coins | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **adhere** | present | coins | | | | | to the base | vn cling-22.5 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to base=Co-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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