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title: To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect hi… — Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect his social standing within the Imperial household? Exam question 3 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

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To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect his social standing within the Imperial household?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wretched accommodation, swineherd, accommodation · **What happens:** reflect, accommodate, stand · **To what, where:** social standing

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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/1733-pg640-part57/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e3:1
# text = To what extent did the swineherd's wretched accommodation reflect his social standing within the Imperial household?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reflect	reflect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Imperial	imperial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | past · do-support | the swineherd's wretched accommodation | accommodation's social standing |  |  |  | within the Imperial household | tree rules |
| 2 | **accommodate** |  | the swineherd |  |  |  |  |  | nom accommodation «event transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **stand** |  | accommodation |  |  |  |  |  | nom standing «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It suited the servant who lived with the pigs in the yard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e3:o1:1
# text = It suited the servant who lived with the pigs in the yard
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	suited	suit	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	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suit** | past | It | the servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | past | the servant |  |  |  |  | with the pigs; in the yard | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with pig=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e3:o2:1
# text = It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | past | It | the lowest station |  |  |  | among the palace servants | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants, as the Emperor intended for all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e3:o3:1
# text = It reflected the lowest station among the palace servants, as the Emperor intended for all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reflected	reflect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	intended	intend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reflect** | past | It | the lowest station |  |  |  | among the palace servants | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | past | the Emperor |  |  |  |  | for all | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was given a room with the best view of the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e3:o4:1
# text = He was given a room with the best view of the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient room=Theme |
| 2 | **view** |  |  | the palace gardens and grounds of the Emperor's own household |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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