--- title: Why did the beetle regard the world as unjust? — Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beet… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the beetle regard the world as unjust? Exam question 3 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 question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/799-pg27200-part10/e3/) [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, The Beetle: the beet…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/799-pg27200-part10/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h… Why did the beetle regard the world as unjust? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** beetle · **What happens:** regard · **To what, where:** world This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e3:1 # text = Why did the beetle regard the world as unjust? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 regard regard VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 unjust unjust ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **regard** | past · do-support | the beetle | the world | | | | as unjust | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent world=Theme as unjust=Value | 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} he thought his wife had hidden the shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e3:o1:1 # text = he thought his wife had hidden the shoes 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | past · perfect · passive | | his wife | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} he believed he had been denied golden shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e3:o2:1 # text = he believed he had been denied golden shoes 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 denied deny VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | he | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **deny** | past · perfect · passive | | he | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme shoe=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} he thought he was never given shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e3:o3:1 # text = he thought he was never given shoes 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | he | given shoes | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shoe=Theme | | 2 | **not** **give** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} he believed he had been denied golden shoes that the emperor promised to every beetle in the land ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:799-pg27200-part10:e3:o4:1 # text = he believed he had been denied golden shoes that the emperor promised to every beetle in the land 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 denied deny VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 beetle beetle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | he | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **deny** | past · perfect · passive | | he | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme shoe=Eventuality | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the emperor | golden shoes | every beetle | the land | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to beetle=Recipient | **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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