--- title: What term does the narrator use to describe the state of the butterf… — Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a but… · tree and pragmatics description: What term does the narrator use to describe the state of the butterfly at the close of the tale? Exam question 4 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, with the dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/808-pg27200-part19/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Butterfly: a butterfly cannot choose… What term does the narrator use to describe the state of the butterfly at the close of the tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** use, describe · **To what, where:** state, close This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e4:1 # text = What term does the narrator use to describe the state of the butterfly at the close of the tale? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obl _ _ 2 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 describe describe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present · do-support | the narrator | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive | the narrator *not said here* | the state of the butterfly | | the close of the tale | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme | 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} A lonely old man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e4:o1:1 # text = A lonely old man 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} An old bachelor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e4:o2:1 # text = An old bachelor 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bachelor bachelor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A widower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e4:o3:1 # text = A widower 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 widower widower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A married old beetle ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:808-pg27200-part19:e4:o4:1 # text = A married old beetle 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 beetle beetle 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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