--- title: Which vessel conveyed the unfortunate boy to the sea, and in what se… — Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the an… · tree and pragmatics description: Which vessel conveyed the unfortunate boy to the sea, and in what season did it depart? Exam question 4 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 pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/792-pg27200-part3/e4/) [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, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/792-pg27200-part3/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen, Anne Lisbeth, part 3: the angel's flower and the… Which vessel conveyed the unfortunate boy to the sea, and in what season did it depart? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** vessel · **What happens:** convey, depart · **To what, where:** unfortunate boy, sea This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e4:1 # text = Which vessel conveyed the unfortunate boy to the sea, and in what season did it depart? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 conveyed convey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | past | which vessel | the unfortunate boy | the sea | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Topic to sea=Recipient | | 2 | **depart** | past · do-support | vessel | | | | season | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} the skipper's wretched little boat, which set out to sea in the cold late autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e4:o1:1 # text = the skipper's wretched little boat, which set out to sea in the cold late autumn 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 skipper skipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 17 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | the skipper's wretched little boat | | | the cold | autumn | to sea | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sea=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} a wretched old vessel that sailed in late autumn across the rough northern sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e4:o2:1 # text = a wretched old vessel that sailed in late autumn across the rough northern sea 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 across across ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | a wretched old vessel | | | the rough northern sea | autumn | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across sea=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} a little fishing boat in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e4:o3:1 # text = a little fishing boat in winter 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} a wretched vessel in late autumn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:792-pg27200-part3:e4:o4:1 # text = a wretched vessel in late autumn 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wretched wretched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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