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title: To what place did the beetle retreat for shelter after leaving the s… — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what place did the beetle retreat for shelter after leaving the scholar? Exam question 2 of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

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To what place did the beetle retreat for shelter after leaving the scholar?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** place · **What happens:** do, leave · **To what, where:** beetle retreat, scholar

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the 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/799-pg27200-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e2:1
# text = To what place did the beetle retreat for shelter after leaving the scholar?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	beetle	beetle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	retreat	retreat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	scholar	scholar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | place | the beetle retreat |  |  |  | for shelter | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent retreat=Eventuality |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | place *not said here* | the scholar |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scholar=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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an old stable with a half-open wooden door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = an old stable with a half-open wooden door
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	glasshouse	glasshouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sash	sash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash, where the gardener had left the windows ajar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = a heated glasshouse with a partly open sash, where the gardener had left the windows ajar
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heated	heat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	glasshouse	glasshouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sash	sash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	_
17	ajar	ajar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | the gardener |  |  |  | ajar *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme window=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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a damp cellar under a cold stone step

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = a damp cellar under a cold stone step
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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