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title: Which corner of the garden did the Giant first perceive the child in… — Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which corner of the garden did the Giant first perceive the child in distress, and under which kind of tree? Exam question 1 of lesson 2035 «Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love, frees the children, and dies under the blossoming tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love,…

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Which corner of the garden did the Giant first perceive the child in distress, and under which kind of tree?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** corner · **What happens:** perceive · **To what, where:** child, distress

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 2035 «Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant: the Giant learns to love, frees the children, and dies under the blossoming tree» 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/2035-pg902-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2035-pg902-part5:e1:1
# text = Which corner of the garden did the Giant first perceive the child in distress, and under which kind of tree?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
10	perceive	perceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	19	det	_	_
19	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | past · do-support | which corner of the garden | the child |  | distress |  | first *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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the shady side, under a silver birch covered in snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2035-pg902-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = the shady side, under a silver birch covered in snow
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shady	shady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	birch	birch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a silver birch *not said here* |  |  |  | in snow | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in snow=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the farthest corner, beneath a frost-covered tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2035-pg902-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = the farthest corner, beneath a frost-covered tree
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	farthest	far	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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the back corner, beside a bare and frozen oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2035-pg902-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = the back corner, beside a bare and frozen oak tree
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	frozen	frozen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the farthest corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2035-pg902-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = the farthest corner
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	farthest	far	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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