--- title: Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account o… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Coll… · tree and pragmatics description: Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account of his own past conduct? Exam question 2 of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» of the books course of Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/302-pg1597-part29/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 False Coll…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/302-pg1597-part29/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind… Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account of his own past conduct? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, collar · **What happens:** characteris, account, conduct · **To what, where:** account, own past conduct This is exam question 2 of lesson 302 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The False Collar, part 29: a blind mother bargains with Death for her child, then a boastful collar starts to court a garter» 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/302-pg1597-part29/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e2:1 # text = Which statement most accurately characterises the collar's account of his own past conduct? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 collar collar NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 past past ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **characteris** | present | which statement | the collar's account of statement's own past conduct | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **account** | | the collar | statement's own past conduct | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 3 | **conduct** | | statement | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} He admits his vanity but says he is poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e2:o1:1 # text = He admits his vanity but says he is poor 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 admits admit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | present | He | his vanity | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vanity=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | he | | | | | poor *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He boasts of his many sweethearts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e2:o2:1 # text = He boasts of his many sweethearts 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sweethearts sweetheart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | of his many sweethearts | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He boasts extravagantly of many sweethearts, though his own vanity is obvious ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e2:o3:1 # text = He boasts extravagantly of many sweethearts, though his own vanity is obvious 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 boasts boast VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 extravagantly extravagantly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sweethearts sweetheart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 obvious obvious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | of many sweethearts; extravagantly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | his own vanity | | | | | obvious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is truly modest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:302-pg1597-part29:e2:o4:1 # text = He is truly modest 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 truly truly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 modest modest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | modest, truly *property* | tree rules | **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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