--- title: why does the old maid's friend end up in a black coffin — Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Win… · tree and pragmatics description: why does the old maid's friend end up in a black coffin Test 9 · ★ 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, with t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/791-pg27200-part2/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, By the Almshouse Window, part 2: a pasto… why does the old maid's friend end up in a black coffin **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, end up · **To what, where:** friend, black coffin This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t9:1 # text = why does the old maid's friend end up in a black coffin 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 8 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 coffin coffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | the old maid's friend | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality | | 2 | **end up** | present | | | | | | in a black coffin *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in coffin=Result | 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} cause she got sick and died, that's rough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t9:o1:1 # text = cause she got sick and died, that's rough 1 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | she | | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **die** | past | she *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | rough *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} idk, she's sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t9:o2:1 # text = idk, she's sad 1 idk idk INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | she | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} cause she died ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t9:o3:1 # text = cause she died 1 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | she | cause *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} cause the friend dies before the wedding, that's rough ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:791-pg27200-part2:t9:o4:1 # text = cause the friend dies before the wedding, that's rough 1 cause cause VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **die** | present | the friend | | | | before the wedding | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **is** | present | that | | | | | rough *property* | tree rules | **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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