--- title: What did the hangings state concerning the durability of gilding and… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the hangings state concerning the durability of gilding and hog's leather? Exam question 2 of lesson 300 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the soldier is found again in a garden, then The Happy Family begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/300-pg1597-part27/e2/) [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 Steadfast…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/300-pg1597-part27/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the sol… What did the hangings state concerning the durability of gilding and hog's leather? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hangings · **What happens:** do, state, concern · **To what, where:** durability This is exam question 2 of lesson 300 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier: the soldier is found again in a garden, then The Happy Family begins» 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/300-pg1597-part27/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:e2:1 # text = What did the hangings state concerning the durability of gilding and hog's leather? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hangings hanging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 state state VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 durability durability NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 gilding gilding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the hangings | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **concern** | gerund | the hangings *not said here* | the durability of gilding and hog's leather | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus durability=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} The gold is gone but leather stays ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:e2:o1:1 # text = The gold is gone but leather stays 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the gold | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | present | leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Its gilt is gone, yet the leather remains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:e2:o2:1 # text = Its gilt is gone, yet the leather remains 1 Its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 gilt gilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Its gilt | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remain** | present | the leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Gold fades, leather stays ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:e2:o3:1 # text = Gold fades, leather stays 1 Gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fades fade VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | present | Gold | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **stay** | present | leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The gilding decays, but hog's leather stays ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:300-pg1597-part27:e2:o4:1 # text = The gilding decays, but hog's leather stays 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 gilding gilding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 decays decay NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 hog hog NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 leather leather NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | hog's leather | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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