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title: the grave looked like what, a big bunch of flowers, right? — Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: the grave looked like what, a big bunch of flowers, right? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving moth…

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the grave looked like what, a big bunch of flowers, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look · **To what, where:** grave

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 809 «Andersen, The Child in the Grave, part 20: a grieving mother slips out to her son's grave at night and meets a stranger» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/809-pg27200-part20/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t11:1
# text = the grave looked like what, a big bunch of flowers, right?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bunch	bunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | participle |  | the grave *not said here* |  |  |  | like the grave | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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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a large nosegay of fragrant flowers laid on a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t11:o1:1
# text = a large nosegay of fragrant flowers laid on a stone
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nosegay	nosegay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fragrant	fragrant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | participle |  | fragrant flowers *not said here* |  | a stone |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on stone=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a small patch of violets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t11:o2:1
# text = a small patch of violets
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	violets	violet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a nosegay of fragrant flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t11:o3:1
# text = a nosegay of fragrant flowers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nosegay	nosegay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fragrant	fragrant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a tall marble stone covered with a great nosegay of fragrant red flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:809-pg27200-part20:t11:o4:1
# text = a tall marble stone covered with a great nosegay of fragrant red flowers
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	marble	marble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nosegay	nosegay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	fragrant	fragrant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | a tall marble stone *not said here* |  |  |  | with a great nosegay of fragrant red flowers | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nosegay=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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