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title: Indicate the reason the schoolmaster gives for disbelieving that the… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Indicate the reason the schoolmaster gives for disbelieving that the bell sounds beneath the water. Exam question 4 of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees…

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Indicate the reason the schoolmaster gives for disbelieving that the bell sounds beneath the water.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, schoolmaster, bell · **What happens:** indicate, give, disbelieve, sound · **To what, where:** reason, water

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 801 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell-Deep: the king's son sees the sunset, meets the poor boy, and the old Bell tells its tales» 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/801-pg27200-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e4:1
# text = Indicate the reason the schoolmaster gives for disbelieving that the bell sounds beneath the water.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	schoolmaster	schoolmaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	disbelieving	disbelieve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reason=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | present | the schoolmaster | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **disbelieve** | gerund | the schoolmaster *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sound** | present | the bell |  |  | the water |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath water=Location |

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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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the bell was never there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = the bell was never there
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | past | the bell |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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there was no bell down there under the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = there was no bell down there under the water
1	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no bell |  |  | the water; there; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under water=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the water was too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = the water was too cold
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the water |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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

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there was no bell down there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:801-pg27200-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = there was no bell down there
1	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be down** | past | no bell |  |  | there; there |  | down *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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