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title: What was the principal reason given for the family's journey to Italy? — Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal reason given for the family's journey to Italy? Exam question 4 of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alf…

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What was the principal reason given for the family's journey to Italy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** be, give, journey · **To what, where:** principal reason, Italy

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 797 «Andersen, The Sculptor's Bride, part 8: Kaela dies and Alfred weds Sophy» 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/797-pg27200-part8/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:e4:1
# text = What was the principal reason given for the family's journey to Italy?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the principal reason *not said here* | Italy |  |  | for the family's journey | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent for journey=Asset to italy=Recipient |
| 3 | **journey** |  | the family |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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the doctor's orders for mamma's worsening cough and tired lungs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = the doctor's orders for mamma's worsening cough and tired lungs
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	mamma	mamma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	worsening	worsen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lungs	lung	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worsen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **order** |  | the doctor |  |  |  |  | for mamma's worsening cough | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |
| 3 | **cough** |  | mamma |  |  |  |  |  | nom cough «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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a change of air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = a change of air
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** |  | air |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the sea breeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = the sea breeze
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a warmer climate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:797-pg27200-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = a warmer climate
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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