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title: Which of the following best identifies the disposition of the legacy… — Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best identifies the disposition of the legacy bequeathed by the mayor's brother? Exam question 3 of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow

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Which of the following best identifies the disposition of the legacy bequeathed by the mayor's brother?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, identify, bequeath · **To what, where:** disposition, legacy

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 845 «Andersen's Tales, The Glovemaker's Widow» 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/845-pg27200-part56/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:e3:1
# text = Which of the following best identifies the disposition of the legacy bequeathed by the mayor's brother?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	legacy	legacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the disposition of the legacy |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **bequeath** | participle |  | the legacy *not said here* |  |  |  | by the mayor's brother | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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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Six hundred dollars, paid in full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:e3:o1:1
# text = Six hundred dollars, paid in full
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle · passive |  | hundred dollars |  | full |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Six hundred dollars, to be paid with discretion to the widow or her child

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:e3:o2:1
# text = Six hundred dollars, to be paid with discretion to the widow or her child
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	discretion	discretion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with discretion; to the widow or her child | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six hundred dollars, paid quietly to the widow's son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:e3:o3:1
# text = Six hundred dollars, paid quietly to the widow's son
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle · passive |  | hundred dollars |  |  |  | to the widow's son; quietly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sum of money, to be kept by the mayor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:845-pg27200-part56:e3:o4:1
# text = A sum of money, to be kept by the mayor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive · passive | the mayor |  |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sum** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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