--- title: What was the appearance of the visitor who knocked at the door? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the appearance of the visitor who knocked at the door? Exam question 4 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 of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/303-pg1597-part30/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 Shadow, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/303-pg1597-part30/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 30: the lost shad… What was the appearance of the visitor who knocked at the door? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** appearance, visitor · **What happens:** be, knock This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e4:1 # text = What was the appearance of the visitor who knocked at the door? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 visitor visitor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the appearance of the visitor | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **knock** | past | the visitor | | | | | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Extremely lean and finely attired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e4:o1:1 # text = Extremely lean and finely attired 1 Extremely extremely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lean lean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 finely finely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | extremely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attire** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | finely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Quite lean and roughly clothed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e4:o2:1 # text = Quite lean and roughly clothed 1 Quite quite ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lean lean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **clothe** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | roughly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Extremely lean and finely attired in black silk and gloves ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e4:o3:1 # text = Extremely lean and finely attired in black silk and gloves 1 Extremely extremely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lean lean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 finely finely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | extremely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attire** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | in black silk and gloves; finely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «Passive»: agent=Pivot in silk=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Extremely lean and finely attired, with a long pale face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:303-pg1597-part30:e4:o4:1 # text = Extremely lean and finely attired, with a long pale face 1 Extremely extremely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 lean lean VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 finely finely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with a long pale face; extremely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attire** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | finely *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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