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title: Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of… — Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of Ib at the conclusion of the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

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Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of Ib at the conclusion of the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, conclude · **To what, where:** economic circumstances, conclusion, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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/852-pg27200-part63/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the economic circumstances of Ib at the conclusion of the passage?
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	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	economic	economic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	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 | **describe** | present |  | the economic circumstances of Ib |  | the conclusion of the passage |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | the passage |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He is bankrupt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e1:o1:1
# text = He is bankrupt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bankrupt	bankrupt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | bankrupt *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He is an impoverished man living in a rented room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e1:o2:1
# text = He is an impoverished man living in a rented room
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	impoverished	impoverish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rented	rent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impoverish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | He | a impoverished man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | a impoverished man *not said here* |  |  | a rented room |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location |
| 4 | **rent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He is a prosperous man in comfortable circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e1:o3:1
# text = He is a prosperous man in comfortable circumstances
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	prosperous	prosperous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a prosperous man |  | comfortable circumstances |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He returned to Copenhagen to work as a clerk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e1:o4:1
# text = He returned to Copenhagen to work as a clerk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	clerk	clerk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  | Copenhagen |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to copenhagen=Result |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a clerk | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as clerk=Attribute |

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