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title: In what manner did the Nightingale respond when invited to perform a… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingal… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did the Nightingale respond when invited to perform at Court? Exam question 2 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Empe…

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In what manner did the Nightingale respond when invited to perform at Court?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, invite, perform · **To what, where:** Nightingale respond, manner, Court

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1743 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Nightingale, part 67: the Emperor hears of the bird, and the little kitchenmaid leads the Court to her in the wood» 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/1743-pg640-part67/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e2:1
# text = In what manner did the Nightingale respond when invited to perform at Court?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	respond	respond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Nightingale respond |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality |
| 2 | **invite** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **perform** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | Court |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=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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She sang with a heavy heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e2:o1:1
# text = She sang with a heavy heart
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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She |  |  |  |  | with a heavy heart | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with heart=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She agreed to sing for the Emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e2:o2:1
# text = She agreed to sing for the Emperor
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the Emperor | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for emperor=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She sang with the greatest of pleasure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e2:o3:1
# text = She sang with the greatest of pleasure
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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She | the greatest |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location great=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She sang with the greatest of pleasure, though she was sad inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1743-pg640-part67:e2:o4:1
# text = She sang with the greatest of pleasure, though she was sad inside
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	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | She |  |  |  |  | with the greatest pleasure | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with pleasure=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | inside, sad *property* | tree rules |

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