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title: Which activity is attributed to the learned owl by the man who went… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which activity is attributed to the learned owl by the man who went furthest? Exam question 4 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

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Which activity is attributed to the learned owl by the man who went furthest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** attribute, learn, go · **To what, where:** activity

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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/297-pg1597-part24/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e4:1
# text = Which activity is attributed to the learned owl by the man who went furthest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	furthest	furth	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | present · passive | the man | which activity |  |  |  | to the learned owl | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **go** | past | the man |  |  |  |  | furth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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frequent hooting at travellers passing the old oak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e4:o1:1
# text = frequent hooting at travellers passing the old oak
1	frequent	frequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	hooting	hoot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hoot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund | frequent hooting travellers *not said here* | the old oak |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme oak=Trajectory |

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

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continual knocking of its head against branches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e4:o2:1
# text = continual knocking of its head against branches
1	continual	continual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	knocking	knocking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock** |  | knocking's head against branches |  |  |  |  |  | nom knocking «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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watching the travellers from above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e4:o3:1
# text = watching the travellers from above
1	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	above	above	ADV	RB	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | the travellers |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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flying in wide, silent circles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:297-pg1597-part24:e4:o4:1
# text = flying in wide, silent circles
1	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | gerund |  |  |  | wide silent circles |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Location |

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