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title: What explanation did Dame Ilse offer for her husband's absence on th… — Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27… · tree and pragmatics
description: What explanation did Dame Ilse offer for her husband's absence on the first evening? Exam question 3 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 3 · Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the ma…

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What explanation did Dame Ilse offer for her husband's absence on the first evening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** explanation, husband · **What happens:** do, absent · **To what, where:** Dame offer

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» 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/687-pg2435-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e3:1
# text = What explanation did Dame Ilse offer for her husband's absence on the first evening?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	explanation	explanation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Dame	Dame	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Ilse	Ilse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	_
15	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | explanation | Dame offer |  |  | evening | for explanation's husband's absence | tree rules |
| 2 | **absent** |  | explanation's husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state 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 was at the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = he was at the mill
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | he |  |  | the mill |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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that he had been sent to the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = that he had been sent to the mill
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | he |  | the mill |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to mill=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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that he had idled in some tavern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = that he had idled in some tavern
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	idled	idle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	tavern	tavern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **idle** | past · perfect | he |  |  | some tavern |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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that he had gone to the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = that he had gone to the market
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect | he |  |  | the market |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial\_Location |

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