--- title: Which animals hold the closing conversation of this part? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Which animals hold the closing conversation of this part? Exam question 3 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/858-pg27200-part69/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/858-pg27200-part69/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home… Which animals hold the closing conversation of this part? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** animals, part · **What happens:** hold, close, converse · **To what, where:** closing conversation This is exam question 3 of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» 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/858-pg27200-part69/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e3:1 # text = Which animals hold the closing conversation of this part? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 closing close VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | which animals | the closing conversation of this part | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conversation=Theme | | 2 | **close** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **converse** | | this part | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: of=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} the parlor-cat, the kitchen-cat, and the old dog who sleeps by the fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e3:o1:1 # text = the parlor-cat, the kitchen-cat, and the old dog who sleeps by the fire 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 parlor parlor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 sleeps sleep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | present | the old dog | | | | | by the fire | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the parlor-cat and the kitchen-cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e3:o2:1 # text = the parlor-cat and the kitchen-cat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 parlor parlor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the barn-cat and the stable-dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e3:o3:1 # text = the barn-cat and the stable-dog 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the miller and his cat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:e3:o4:1 # text = the miller and his cat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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