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title: Describe the function of the almshouse in the second part of the nar… — Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Win… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative. Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto…

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Describe the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e4:1
# text = Describe the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	almshouse	almshouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of the almshouse in the second part of the narrative |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |

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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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It houses the poor and elderly people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e4:o1:1
# text = It houses the poor and elderly people
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a dwelling for the poor and aged.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e4:o2:1
# text = It is a dwelling for the poor and aged.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | for the poor | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a dwelling for the poor and aged where the old maid sits at her window plucking leaves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e4:o3:1
# text = It is a dwelling for the poor and aged where the old maid sits at her window plucking leaves
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	plucking	pluck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
19	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the old maid |  |  | maid's window |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location |
| 3 | **pluck** | gerund | the old maid *not said here* | leaves |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a charity dwelling where the poor, the aged, and the orphaned children of the city live together

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:e4:o4:1
# text = It is a charity dwelling where the poor, the aged, and the orphaned children of the city live together
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	orphaned	orphan	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
21	together	together	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a charity |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dwell** | gerund | a charity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **orphan** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **live together** | infinitive | the orphaned children of the city |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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