--- title: Which of the following was the purpose for which Mr. Fitzwarren's co… — English Fairy Tales, Whittington and H… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following was the purpose for which Mr. Fitzwarren's counting-house was used? Exam question 3 of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1969-pg7439-part28/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Whittington and H…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1969-pg7439-part28/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets hi… Which of the following was the purpose for which Mr. Fitzwarren's counting-house was used? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, use · **To what, where:** counting house This is exam question 3 of lesson 1969 «English Fairy Tales, Whittington and His Cat: Dick gets his riches, marries Alice, and a new tale begins» 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/1969-pg7439-part28/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e3:1 # text = Which of the following was the purpose for which Mr. Fitzwarren's counting-house was used? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 case _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 10 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:desc _ _ 11 Fitzwarren Fitzwarren PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 counting counting NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | of the purpose | tree rules | | 3 | **use** | past · passive | | Fitzwarren Mr.'s counting house | | | | for the purpose | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for which=Eventuality | 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 weigh the gold and check the day's prices ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e3:o1:1 # text = to weigh the gold and check the day's prices 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 weigh weigh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 prices price NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weigh** | to-infinitive | | the gold | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme gold=Value | | 2 | **check** | infinitive | | the day's prices | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} to count over the cash and settle the day's business ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e3:o2:1 # text = to count over the cash and settle the day's business 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 settle settle VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | to-infinitive | | | | the cash | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **settle** | infinitive | | the day's business | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme business=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} to store the cargo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e3:o3:1 # text = to store the cargo 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 store store VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cargo cargo NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **store** | to-infinitive | | the cargo | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cargo=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} to sell the cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1969-pg7439-part28:e3:o4:1 # text = to sell the cat 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 sell sell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive | | the cat | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=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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