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title: To what extent did the suitors' inability to speak arise from the he… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the suitors' inability to speak arise from the heat of the hall, as opposed to the presence of the clerks? Exam question 2 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To what extent did the suitors' inability to speak arise from the heat of the hall, as opposed to the presence of the clerks?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** extent, hall · **What happens:** do, speak, arise, oppose, heat · **To what, where:** inability, heat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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/820-pg27200-part31/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e2:1
# text = To what extent did the suitors' inability to speak arise from the heat of the hall, as opposed to the presence of the clerks?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	arise	arise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
20	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	fixed	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	clerks	clerk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | extent | the suitors's inability |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | extent *not said here* | the suitors's inability *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **arise** | infinitive | extent *not said here* |  |  | the heat of the hall |  | as the presence of the clerks | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **oppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **heat** |  | the hall |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Entirely from the sweltering heat of the hall and the crowd pressing in around the suitors

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e2:o1:1
# text = Entirely from the sweltering heat of the hall and the crowd pressing in around the suitors
1	Entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sweltering	swelter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	around	around	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	suitors	suitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swelter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **press in** | gerund | the crowd *not said here* |  |  | the suitors |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent around suitor=Trajectory |
| 3 | **heat** |  | the hall |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Partly from the heat, partly the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e2:o2:1
# text = Partly from the heat, partly the stove
1	Partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Principally from the clerks, rather than the heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e2:o3:1
# text = Principally from the clerks, rather than the heat
1	Principally	principally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clerks	clerk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	9	cc	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Largely because of the stove and its fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e2:o4:1
# text = Largely because of the stove and its fire
1	Largely	largely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** |  | its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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