--- title: What petition does the mother offer upon awakening at the grave? — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics description: What petition does the mother offer upon awakening at the grave? Exam question 2 of lesson 810 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/810-pg27200-part21/e2/) [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, Everything in Its Ri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/810-pg27200-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a… What petition does the mother offer upon awakening at the grave? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** petition, mother offer · **What happens:** do, awaken · **To what, where:** mother offer, grave This is exam question 2 of lesson 810 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 1: a mother's ghostly farewell ends, and a proud girl sneers at "sen" names at a party» 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/810-pg27200-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:e2:1 # text = What petition does the mother offer upon awakening at the grave? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 awakening awaken VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what petition | the mother offer | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Eventuality | | 2 | **awaken** | gerund | the mother offer *not said here* | | | the grave | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at grave=Location | 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 plea for her husband's health ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = A plea for her husband's health 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plea plea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 health health NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A wish for her child's rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = A wish for her child's rest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A prayer for forgiveness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = A prayer for forgiveness 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 forgiveness forgiveness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A prayer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:810-pg27200-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = A prayer 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prayer prayer 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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