--- title: Which plant did the butterfly, after considerable deliberation in th… — Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a but… · tree and pragmatics description: Which plant did the butterfly, after considerable deliberation in the autumn, finally approach with a proposal of marriage? Exam question 1 of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» of the books course of Mova's primary sc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/808-pg27200-part19/e1/) [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 Butterfly: a but…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/808-pg27200-part19/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose… Which plant did the butterfly, after considerable deliberation in the autumn, finally approach with a proposal of marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plant, marriage · **What happens:** do, approach, propose · **To what, where:** butterfly This is exam question 1 of lesson 808 «Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose a wife and is pinned in a box of curiosities» 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/808-pg27200-part19/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e1:1 # text = Which plant did the butterfly, after considerable deliberation in the autumn, finally approach with a proposal of marriage? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 plant plant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 deliberation deliberation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 autumn autumn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 finally finally ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 approach approach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which plant | the butterfly | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butterfly=Eventuality | | 2 | **approach** | present | which plant *not said here* | | | | | with a proposal of marriage; finally *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with proposal=Instrument | | 3 | **propose** | | marriage | | | | | | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} The clover ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e1:o1:1 # text = The clover 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The mint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e1:o2:1 # text = The mint 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The thyme ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e1:o3:1 # text = The thyme 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 thyme thyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Mint ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e1:o4:1 # text = Mint 1 Mint mint NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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