--- title: State the principal reason given by the dead woman for her appearanc… — Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Win… · tree and pragmatics description: State the principal reason given by the dead woman for her appearance to the pastor. Exam question 3 of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» of the books cours --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/791-pg27200-part2/e3/) [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 Tales, By the Almshouse Win…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/791-pg27200-part2/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto… State the principal reason given by the dead woman for her appearance to the pastor. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** State principal reason, pastor This is exam question 3 of lesson 791 «Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pastor's dream of sinners, then an old maid watches children play while an angel carries a dead child to heaven» 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/791-pg27200-part2/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e3:1 # text = State the principal reason given by the dead woman for her appearance to the pastor. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 pastor pastor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the State principal reason *not said here* | the pastor | | | for woman's appearance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent for appearance=Asset to pastor=Recipient | 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} Despair alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e3:o1:1 # text = Despair alone 1 Despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 alone alone ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Her hard words and despair of mankind drove her to him. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e3:o2:1 # text = Her hard words and despair of mankind drove her to him. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 mankind mankind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | Her hard words and despair of mankind | her *= she* | him *= he* | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Trajectory | | 2 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **despair** | | mankind | | | | | | nom despair «state intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Her cruel words and hopeless view of the world moved her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e3:o3:1 # text = Her cruel words and hopeless view of the world moved her 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 hopeless hopeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | Her cruel words and hopeless view of the world | her *= she* | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme she=Result | | 2 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 3 | **view** | | | the world | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Her hard words ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e3:o4:1 # text = Her hard words 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **word** | | Her *= she* | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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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