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title: In what manner does Babette respond to the imitation of an owl benea… — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner does Babette respond to the imitation of an owl beneath her window? Exam question 2 of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary 
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

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In what manner does Babette respond to the imitation of an owl beneath her window?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Babette · **What happens:** respond, imitate · **To what, where:** manner, owl

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» 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/861-pg27200-part72/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e2:1
# text = In what manner does Babette respond to the imitation of an owl beneath her window?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Babette	Babette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	respond	respond	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	imitation	imitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	owl	owl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	beneath	beneath	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	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respond** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Babette |  |  | what manner |  | to the imitation of a owl; beneath Babette's window | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to imitation=Theme |
| 2 | **imitate** |  |  | a owl |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «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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She blows out the lamp and closes the window in silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e2:o1:1
# text = She blows out the lamp and closes the window in silence
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow out** | present | She | the lamp |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |
| 2 | **close** | present | She *not said here* | the window |  |  |  | in silence | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent window=Patient in silence=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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She extinguishes the light, bolts the door downstairs, goes to fetch her father and tells him everything about the Englishman's song

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e2:o2:1
# text = She extinguishes the light, bolts the door downstairs, goes to fetch her father and tells him everything about the Englishman's song
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	bolts	bolt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	downstairs	downstairs	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obj	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Englishman	Englishman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extinguish** | present | She | the light |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 2 | **bolt** | present | She *not said here* | the door |  |  |  | downstairs *property* | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 3 | **go** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her father |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | She *not said here* | everything | him *= he* |  |  | about the Englishman's song | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Topic |
| 6 | **sing** |  | the Englishman |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening, refuses to answer and then sits weeping at the table until the morning bell rings

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e2:o3:1
# text = She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening, refuses to answer and then sits weeping at the table until the morning bell rings
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fastening	fastening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	xcomp	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	until	until	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extinguish** | present | She | the light |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 2 | **secure** | present | She *not said here* | the fastening |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fastening=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **sit** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **weep** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | the table | until bell rings |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening and refuses to answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e2:o4:1
# text = She extinguishes the light, secures the fastening and refuses to answer
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	extinguishes	extinguish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	secures	secure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fastening	fastening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extinguish** | present | She | the light |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent light=Patient |
| 2 | **secure** | present | She *not said here* | the fastening |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fastening=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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