--- title: Upon what grounds was the paper consigned to the hearth by the house… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Tru… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what grounds was the paper consigned to the hearth by the household? Exam question 1 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/e1/) [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 Flying Tru…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/828-pg27200-part39/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt… Upon what grounds was the paper consigned to the hearth by the household? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grounds · **What happens:** be, consign · **To what, where:** paper This is exam question 1 of lesson 828 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: a burnt paper's last words, then a ruined son flies off in a magic trunk» 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/828-pg27200-part39/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e1:1 # text = Upon what grounds was the paper consigned to the hearth by the household? 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 3 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 consigned consign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hearth hearth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | grounds | the paper | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **consign** | participle | | the paper *not said here* | | | | to the hearth | tree rules | 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} Because it was written on ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e1:o1:1 # text = Because it was written on 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Because it had been written upon and could not be sold ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e1:o2:1 # text = Because it had been written upon and could not be sold 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **not** **sell** | could · passive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it was marked by ink and so could not be used ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e1:o3:1 # text = Because it was marked by ink and so could not be used 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ink ink NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | past · passive | ink | it | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination | | 2 | **not** **use** | could · passive | ink *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was written upon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:828-pg27200-part39:e1:o4:1 # text = It was written upon 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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