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description: Which statement most accurately characterises the shadow's conduct during his nocturnal wanderings? Exam question 4 of lesson 304 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow re…

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Which statement most accurately characterises the shadow's conduct during his nocturnal wanderings?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, shadow · **What happens:** characteris, conduct, wander · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 304 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 31: the shadow returns as a fine gentleman and boasts of what he saw» 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/304-pg1597-part31/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:e4:1
# text = Which statement most accurately characterises the shadow's conduct during his nocturnal wanderings?
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	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nocturnal	nocturnal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	wanderings	wandering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which statement | the shadow's conduct |  |  | during statement's nocturnal wanderings | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conduct** |  | the shadow |  |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **wander** |  | statement |  |  |  |  |  | nom wandering «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He spied through windows and saw things that others missed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = He spied through windows and saw things that others missed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spied	spy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | past | He |  |  | windows |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **see** | past | He *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 3 | **miss** | past | others | things |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He crept along walls and watched private rooms unseen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = He crept along walls and watched private rooms unseen
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	along	along	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creep** | past | He |  |  | walls |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory |
| 2 | **watch** | past | He *not said here* | private rooms |  |  |  | unseen *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He slept in the streets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = He slept in the streets
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | He |  |  | the streets |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He peered into windows and observed private matters unseen by others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:304-pg1597-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = He peered into windows and observed private matters unseen by others
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	peered	peer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	nsubj	_	_
7	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
9	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peer** | past | He |  |  | windows |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | private *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **matter** | present |  |  |  |  |  | by others; unseen *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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