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title: What was the approximate level of the flood when the master returned… — English Fairy Tales, The Master and Hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the approximate level of the flood when the master returned to the chamber? Exam question 4 of lesson 1953 «English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious lad calls up a demon and nearly drowns in water» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious l…

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What was the approximate level of the flood when the master returned to the chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master · **What happens:** be, return · **To what, where:** approximate level

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1953 «English Fairy Tales, The Master and His Pupil: a curious lad calls up a demon and nearly drowns in water» 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/1953-pg7439-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e4:1
# text = What was the approximate level of the flood when the master returned to the chamber?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the approximate level |  |  |  | of the flood | tree rules |
| 2 | **return** | past | the master |  |  |  |  | to the chamber *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to chamber=Result |

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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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Up over the top of the boy's head and almost to the cellar roof

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = Up over the top of the boy's head and almost to the cellar roof
1	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Right up to the ceiling of the chamber, filling the whole room entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = Right up to the ceiling of the chamber, filling the whole room entirely
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | gerund |  | the whole room |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent room=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Around the pupil's chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = Around the pupil's chest
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Up to the pupil's chin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1953-pg7439-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = Up to the pupil's chin
1	Up	up	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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