--- title: Ascertain the cause for which the flowers, collectively, did interce… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the cause for which the flowers, collectively, did intercede upon the behalf of the lawyer as narrated. Exam question 3 of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/874-pg27200-part85/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 Fairy Tales, Little Ida's F…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/874-pg27200-part85/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the… Ascertain the cause for which the flowers, collectively, did intercede upon the behalf of the lawyer as narrated. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, intercede, narrate · **To what, where:** cause This is exam question 3 of lesson 874 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 85: the flowers dance at night while Sophy the doll gives up her bed» 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/874-pg27200-part85/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the cause for which the flowers, collectively, did intercede upon the behalf of the lawyer as narrated. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 7 det _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 collectively collectively ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 intercede intercede VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 lawyer lawyer NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 narrated narrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause which flowers | | | | collectively *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic | | 2 | **intercede** | past · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | upon the behalf of the lawyer | tree rules | | 3 | **narrate** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the rough doll mocked his hat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:e3:o1:1 # text = the rough doll mocked his hat 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 doll doll NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hat hat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | past | the rough doll | his hat | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the other flowers interceded for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:e3:o2:1 # text = the other flowers interceded for him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 interceded intercede VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **intercede** | past | the other flowers | | | | | for him *= he* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} the paper dolls struck his legs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:e3:o3:1 # text = the paper dolls struck his legs 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 dolls doll NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the paper dolls | his legs | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} they begged for him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:874-pg27200-part85:e3:o4:1 # text = they begged for him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | they | | | | | for him *= he* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for he=Topic | **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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