--- title: Which region did the learned man originally inhabit before visiting… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which region did the learned man originally inhabit before visiting the hot lands? Exam question 1 of lesson 303 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shadow comes back as a rich, fine gentleman» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/303-pg1597-part30/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 Shadow, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/303-pg1597-part30/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shad… Which region did the learned man originally inhabit before visiting the hot lands? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** region, learned man · **What happens:** do, learn, inhabit, visit · **To what, where:** learned man, hot lands This is exam question 1 of lesson 303 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shadow comes back as a rich, fine gentleman» 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/303-pg1597-part30/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e1:1 # text = Which region did the learned man originally inhabit before visiting the hot lands? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 originally originally ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 inhabit inhabit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which region | the learned man | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | | 2 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inhabit** | present | the learned man *not said here* | | | | | originally *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **visit** | gerund | which region *not said here* | the hot lands | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Co-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} The frozen north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e1:o1:1 # text = The frozen north 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The snowy plains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e1:o2:1 # text = The snowy plains 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 snowy snowy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 plains plain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The cold lands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e1:o3:1 # text = The cold lands 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The south ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e1:o4:1 # text = The south 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 south south 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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