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description: Which character, having been addressed by the mayor from an upper window, responded by removing his cap in a manner of respect? Exam question 1 of lesson 843 «Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care takes the goloshes, the mayor scolds a washer-woman's boy, and bad news reaches the 
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care t…

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Which character, having been addressed by the mayor from an upper window, responded by removing his cap in a manner of respect?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mayor · **What happens:** address, respond, remove · **To what, where:** character, cap, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 843 «Andersen's Tales, She Was Good for Nothing, part 1: Care takes the goloshes, the mayor scolds a washer-woman's boy, and bad news reaches the laundress» 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/843-pg27200-part54/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:843-pg27200-part54:e1:1
# text = Which character, having been addressed by the mayor from an upper window, responded by removing his cap in a manner of respect?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	addressed	address	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	responded	respond	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	removing	remove	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **address** | gerund · perfect · passive | the mayor from a upper window | which character |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
| 2 | **respond** *speech: other* | participle | the mayor from a upper window *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **remove** | gerund | the mayor from a upper window *not said here* | his cap |  | a manner of respect |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |

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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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the boy, son of the washer-woman, who bowed low and then raised his cap politely

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:843-pg27200-part54:e1:o1:1
# text = the boy, son of the washer-woman, who bowed low and then raised his cap politely
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	washer	washer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
16	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the boy of the washer woman and son |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **raise** | past | the boy of the washer woman and son *not said here* | his cap |  |  | then | politely *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the boy, son of the washer-woman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:843-pg27200-part54:e1:o2:1
# text = the boy, son of the washer-woman
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	washer	washer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the footman who bowed to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:843-pg27200-part54:e1:o3:1
# text = the footman who bowed to him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	footman	footman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the footman |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the mayor's footman, who was standing in the street and watching the whole scene unfold

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:843-pg27200-part54:e1:o4:1
# text = the mayor's footman, who was standing in the street and watching the whole scene unfold
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	footman	footman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	unfold	unfold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past · progressive | the mayor's footman |  |  | the street |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | the mayor's footman *not said here* | the whole scene |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **unfold** | infinitive | the whole scene *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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