--- title: In what condition was the dwelling found when it was finally demolis… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics description: In what condition was the dwelling found when it was finally demolished in the spring? Exam question 4 of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/299-pg1597-part26/e4/) [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 Old House,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/299-pg1597-part26/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier… In what condition was the dwelling found when it was finally demolished in the spring? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** be, find, demolish · **To what, where:** dwelling, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 4 of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» 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/299-pg1597-part26/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e4:1 # text = In what condition was the dwelling found when it was finally demolished in the spring? 1 In in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 11 finally finally ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 demolished demolish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | what condition | | | the dwelling | | | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **demolish** | past · passive | | condition | | | spring | finally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | 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} as a fine new house for the family ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e4:o1:1 # text = as a fine new house for the family 1 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} sold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e4:o2:1 # text = sold 1 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | participle | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} burnt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e4:o3:1 # text = burnt 1 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} as a ruin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:e4:o4:1 # text = as a ruin 1 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ruin ruin NOUN NN 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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