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title: What was the condition of the child's mother's son when he was place… — Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the an… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition of the child's mother's son when he was placed with the laborer's family? Exam question 2 of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the…

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What was the condition of the child's mother's son when he was placed with the laborer's family?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, place · **To what, where:** condition, child

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 792 «Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the neglected boy who goes to sea» 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/792-pg27200-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e2:1
# text = What was the condition of the child's mother's son when he was placed with the laborer's family?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	laborer	laborer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the condition |  |  |  | of the child's mother's son | tree rules |
| 2 | **place** | past · passive |  | child |  |  |  | with the laborer's family | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=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 {#o1}

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He was fed and cared for

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = He was fed and cared for
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **care** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was loved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = He was loved
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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He was sent to a farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = He was sent to a farm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He was neglected and unloved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = He was neglected and unloved
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	neglected	neglect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	unloved	unlov	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neglect** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **unlov** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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