--- title: Which of the following best explains Thumbelina's behaviour toward t… — Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best explains Thumbelina's behaviour toward the dead swallow? Exam question 4 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1741-pg640-part65/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, Thumbelina, part 65:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1741-pg640-part65/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a… Which of the following best explains Thumbelina's behaviour toward the dead swallow? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, explain · **To what, where:** behaviour · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 1741 «Andersen's Tales, Thumbelina, part 65: Thumbelina finds a frozen swallow and nurses him back to life» 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/1741-pg640-part65/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e4:1 # text = Which of the following best explains Thumbelina's behaviour toward the dead swallow? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 5 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 6 explains explain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Thumbelina Thumbelina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 behaviour behaviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 toward toward ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 swallow swallow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | well *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | | Thumbelina's behaviour | | | | toward the dead swallow | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Topic | 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} She fed him water and found food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e4:o1:1 # text = She fed him water and found food 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | past | She | water | him *= he* | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | | 2 | **find** | past | She *not said here* | food | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She covered him with down and warmed him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e4:o2:1 # text = She covered him with down and warmed him 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 warmed warm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past | She | | him *= he* | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with down=Theme | | 2 | **warm** | past | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} She sang to him and let him rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e4:o3:1 # text = She sang to him and let him rest 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sang sing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She | | him *= he* | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | She *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rest** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She carried him to her own bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1741-pg640-part65:e4:o4:1 # text = She carried him to her own bed 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past | She | him *= he* | | her own bed | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bed=Destination | **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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