--- title: What physical condition does the earth display at the close of this… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What physical condition does the earth display at the close of this part, as the wedding approaches? Exam question 4 of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» of the books course of Mova's primary sch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/883-pg27200-part94/e4/) [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, Thumbelina, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/883-pg27200-part94/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a… What physical condition does the earth display at the close of this part, as the wedding approaches? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** physical condition · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** earth display, close This is exam question 4 of lesson 883 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Thumbelina, part 94: Tiny nurses a frozen swallow while the field-mouse plans her wedding to the mole» 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/883-pg27200-part94/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e4:1 # text = What physical condition does the earth display at the close of this part, as the wedding approaches? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 physical physical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 display display NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 approaches approach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | physical condition | the earth display and the wedding approaches | | the close of this part | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It has been baked hard, as hard as stone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e4:o1:1 # text = It has been baked hard, as hard as stone 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 baked bake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bake** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It has turned to dusty mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e4:o2:1 # text = It has turned to dusty mud 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | present · perfect | It | | | dusty mud | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to mud=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It has been dried out by the summer sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e4:o3:1 # text = It has been dried out by the summer sun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry out** | present · perfect · passive | the summer sun | It | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is hard and very cracked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:883-pg27200-part94:e4:o4:1 # text = It is hard and very cracked 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 cracked crack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **crack** | participle | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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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