--- title: What did the old Father-Rat signify to the other rats present? — Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28:… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the old Father-Rat signify to the other rats present? Exam question 4 of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/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 Dryad, part 28:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/817-pg27200-part28/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows st… What did the old Father-Rat signify to the other rats present? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old Father Rat · **What happens:** signify This is exam question 4 of lesson 817 «Andersen's Tales, The Dryad, part 28: the Dryad follows strangers down into the Paris sewers» 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/817-pg27200-part28/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:e4:1 # text = What did the old Father-Rat signify to the other rats present? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 signify signify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **signify** | past · do-support | the old Father Rat | | | | | to the other rats | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme to rat=Attribute | 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} He was the one they all feared ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:e4:o1:1 # text = He was the one they all feared 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 7 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | past | they | the one *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was the leader whose words they endorsed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:e4:o2:1 # text = He was the leader whose words they endorsed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 endorsed endorse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the leader | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **endorse** | past | words *= word* | the leader *not said here* | | | | | vn allow-64.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Beneficiary | | 3 | **word** | | the leader | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was the leader they obeyed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:e4:o3:1 # text = He was the leader they obeyed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 obeyed obey VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the leader | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **obey** | past | they | the leader *not said here* | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He led them through the sewers ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:817-pg27200-part28:e4:o4:1 # text = He led them through the sewers 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sewers sewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | He | them *= they* | | the sewers | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme through sewer=Destination | **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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