--- title: To what destination did the copying-clerk propose to travel on leavi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F… · tree and pragmatics description: To what destination did the copying-clerk propose to travel on leaving the office? Exam question 1 of lesson 281 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 8: the man tours the hearts, then the clerk takes the galoshes» 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/281-pg1597-part8/e1/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/281-pg1597-part8/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 8: the… To what destination did the copying-clerk propose to travel on leaving the office? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** copying clerk · **What happens:** propose, travel, leave · **To what, where:** office This is exam question 1 of lesson 281 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune, part 8: the man tours the hearts, then the clerk takes the galoshes» 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/281-pg1597-part8/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:281-pg1597-part8:e1:1 # text = To what destination did the copying-clerk propose to travel on leaving the office? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 destination destination NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 copying copying NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 clerk clerk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 propose propose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 on on SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **propose** | past · do-support | the copying clerk | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **travel** | to-infinitive | the copying clerk *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | gerund | the copying clerk *not said here* | the office | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme | 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} the hills outside the capital city ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:281-pg1597-part8:e1:o1:1 # text = the hills outside the capital city 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 outside outside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Heidelberg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:281-pg1597-part8:e1:o2:1 # text = Heidelberg 1 Heidelberg Heidelberg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the seaside town of Elsinore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:281-pg1597-part8:e1:o3:1 # text = the seaside town of Elsinore 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seaside seaside ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Elsinore Elsinore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Fredericksburg ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:281-pg1597-part8:e1:o4:1 # text = Fredericksburg 1 Fredericksburg Fredericksburg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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