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title: To what location does the narrator attribute the boy's habit of appe… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Bo… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what location does the narrator attribute the boy's habit of appearing at public entertainments? Exam question 3 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…

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To what location does the narrator attribute the boy's habit of appearing at public entertainments?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator, habit · **What happens:** attribute, appear · **To what, where:** habit, public entertainments

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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/308-pg1597-part35/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e3:1
# text = To what location does the narrator attribute the boy's habit of appearing at public entertainments?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	entertainments	entertainment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | present · do-support | the narrator | the boy's habit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **appear** | gerund | the boy's habit *not said here* |  |  | public entertainments |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at entertainment=Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He hides behind the velvet curtain near the orchestra pit, watching quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = He hides behind the velvet curtain near the orchestra pit, watching quietly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	velvet	velvet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	curtain	curtain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | He |  |  | the velvet curtain |  | near the orchestra pit | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On the stage floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = On the stage floor
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He sits within the great chandelier, burning in bright flames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = He sits within the great chandelier, burning in bright flames
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chandelier	chandelier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | He |  |  |  |  | within the great chandelier | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **burn** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | bright flames |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in flame=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He perches on a high beam above the crowd, lit by the warm lamps

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:308-pg1597-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = He perches on a high beam above the crowd, lit by the warm lamps
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perches	perch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	above	above	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	lamps	lamp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | present | He |  |  | a high beam above the crowd |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on beam=Location |
| 2 | **lit** | participle |  | the crowd *not said here* |  |  |  | by the warm lamps | tree rules |

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