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title: Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watc… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watchman? Exam question 1 of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…

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Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watchman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** event, watchman · **What happens:** bring, die

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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/279-pg1597-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:e1:1
# text = Which event in the passage brings about the sudden death of the watchman?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	watchman	watchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | which event in the passage |  |  |  |  | about the sudden death of the watchman | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **die** |  | the watchman |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The drunken passer-by tweaks his nose and the watchman falls.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = The drunken passer-by tweaks his nose and the watchman falls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	drunken	drunken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	passer	passer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tweaks	tweak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	watchman	watchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tweak** | present | the drunken passer *not said here* | passer's nose |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer |
| 2 | **fall** | present | the watchman |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lieutenant faints at the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = The lieutenant faints at the window.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lieutenant	lieutenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faints	faint	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | present | the lieutenant |  |  |  |  | at the window | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer at window=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The watchman leaps to the moon, and the drunken passer-by tweaks his nose before he returns.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = The watchman leaps to the moon, and the drunken passer-by tweaks his nose before he returns.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	watchman	watchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaps	leap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	drunken	drunken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	passer	passer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	punct	_	_
14	tweaks	tweak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leap** | present | the watchman |  |  | the moon |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to moon=Destination |
| 2 | **tweak** | present | the drunken passer | passer's nose |  |  |  |  | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Experiencer |
| 3 | **return** | present | watchman |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A patrol finds the watchman on the steps.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:279-pg1597-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = A patrol finds the watchman on the steps.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patrol	patrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	watchman	watchman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a patrol | the watchman |  |  |  | on the steps | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watchman=Topic |

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