--- title: By what means did Babette come to possess the brooch she wore in her… — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did Babette come to possess the brooch she wore in her bosom? Exam question 3 of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/857-pg27200-part68/e3/) [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 Tales, The Ice Maiden, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/857-pg27200-part68/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches In… By what means did Babette come to possess the brooch she wore in her bosom? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Babette · **What happens:** mean, come, possess, wear, bosom · **To what, where:** brooch, bosom This is exam question 3 of lesson 857 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 68: Rudy reaches Interlachen, wins the shooting match and meets Babette again» 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/857-pg27200-part68/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e3:1 # text = By what means did Babette come to possess the brooch she wore in her bosom? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 obl _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brooch brooch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past · do-support | Babette | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **possess** | to-infinitive | Babette *not said here* | the brooch | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot brooch=Theme | | 4 | **wear** | past | Babette | the brooch *not said here* | | Babette's bosom | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent brooch=Theme | | 5 | **bosom** | | Babette | | | | | | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} her godmother gave it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e3:o1:1 # text = her godmother gave it 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | her godmother | it | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} it was a gift from her godmother at her christening ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e3:o2:1 # text = it was a gift from her godmother at her christening 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 godmother godmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a gift | | her godmother | | at her christening | tree rules | | 2 | **christen** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} it was a present ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e3:o3:1 # text = it was a present 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | a present | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} it was bought in the market ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:857-pg27200-part68:e3:o4:1 # text = it was bought in the market 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 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | past · passive | | it | | the market | | | vn accept-77.1 «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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