--- title: In what manner does the Student respond to the rejection of his gift? — Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner does the Student respond to the rejection of his gift? Exam question 2 of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2034-pg902-part4/e2/) [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/) / [Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2034-pg902-part4/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingal… In what manner does the Student respond to the rejection of his gift? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** do, reject, gift · **To what, where:** Student respond, manner, gift This is exam question 2 of lesson 2034 «Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose: the Nightingale dies singing for a red rose, and the Student throws it away» 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/2034-pg902-part4/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:e2:1 # text = In what manner does the Student respond to the rejection of his gift? 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 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Student Student PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 respond respond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rejection rejection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the Student respond | | what manner | | to the rejection of his gift | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | | 2 | **reject** | | | his gift | | | | | nom rejection «act transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **gift** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} He gives it to a dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:e2:o1:1 # text = He gives it to a dog 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | He | it | a dog | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dog=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He buries the rose quietly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:e2:o2:1 # text = He buries the rose quietly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 buries bury VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | present | He | the rose | | | | quietly *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He discards the rose into the gutter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:e2:o3:1 # text = He discards the rose into the gutter 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 discards discard VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discard** | present | He | the rose | | the gutter | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rose=Theme into gutter=Destination | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He throws the rose into the gutter and walks away sadly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2034-pg902-part4:e2:o4:1 # text = He throws the rose into the gutter and walks away sadly 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 throws throw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | present | He | the rose | | | | into the gutter *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer rose=Theme into gutter=Result | | 2 | **walk away** | present | He *not said here* | | | | | away, sadly *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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