--- title: Ok but why did the paper stay home? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Ok but why did the paper stay home? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/827-pg27200-part38/t13/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Flax: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/827-pg27200-part38/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and… Ok but why did the paper stay home? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** paper · **What happens:** stay This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 827 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flax: the fir-tree burns, and the flax becomes linen and then paper» 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/827-pg27200-part38/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t13:1 # text = Ok but why did the paper stay home? 1 Ok ok INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past · do-support | the paper | | | | | home *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} printing made more books ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t13:o1:1 # text = printing made more books 1 printing print VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | gerund | | made more books | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | | 2 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ### Option 2 {#o2} the printer was too busy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t13:o2:1 # text = the printer was too busy 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 printer printer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the printer | | | | | busy *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} it was too old ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t13:o3:1 # text = it was too old 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} books were cheap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:827-pg27200-part38:t13:o4:1 # text = books were cheap 1 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | books | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | **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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