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title: Describe the conduct of the darning-needle when she was deposited in… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Ne… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the conduct of the darning-needle when she was deposited in the gutter. Exam question 3 of lesson 812 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a proud needle is lost in a gutter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a prou…

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Describe the conduct of the darning-needle when she was deposited in the gutter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** describe, deposit, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, she, gutter, darning needle

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 812 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Darning Needle, part 1: a proud needle is lost in a gutter» 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/812-pg27200-part23/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:e3:1
# text = Describe the conduct of the darning-needle when she was deposited in the gutter.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	darning	darning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gutter	gutter	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 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct of the darning needle |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 2 | **deposit** | past · passive |  | she |  | the gutter |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in gutter=Destination |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | the darning needle |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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she begged the passing cart to pick her up gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:e3:o1:1
# text = she begged the passing cart to pick her up gently
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	begged	beg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	passing	passing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
10	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | she | the passing cart |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent cart=Recipient |
| 2 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she maintained her haughty demeanour even in the filthy gutter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:e3:o2:1
# text = she maintained her haughty demeanour even in the filthy gutter
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	haughty	haughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	filthy	filthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gutter	gutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | past | she | her haughty demeanour |  | the filthy gutter |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent demeanour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she behaved very politely there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:e3:o3:1
# text = she behaved very politely there
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	behaved	behave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	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 | **behave** | past | she |  |  | there |  | politely *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
she maintained her haughty demeanour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:812-pg27200-part23:e3:o4:1
# text = she maintained her haughty demeanour
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	haughty	haughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | past | she | her haughty demeanour |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent demeanour=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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