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title: According to the stork-papa, what is the condition of the Egyptian h… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the stork-papa, what is the condition of the Egyptian host's daughter at the close of the passage? Exam question 4 of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» of the books course o
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1:…

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According to the stork-papa, what is the condition of the Egyptian host's daughter at the close of the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stork papa · **What happens:** accord, be · **To what, where:** condition, close

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 887 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Marsh King's Daughter, part 1: twelve months arrive by coach, and storks gossip about a lost swan-princess» 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/887-pg27200-part98/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e4:1
# text = According to the stork-papa, what is the condition of the Egyptian host's daughter at the close of the passage?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	stork	stork	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	papa	papa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the stork papa | the condition |  | the close of the passage |  | of the Egyptian host's daughter | tree rules |

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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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Hungry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e4:o1:1
# text = Hungry
1	Hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e4:o2:1
# text = She is ill
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e4:o3:1
# text = Asleep
1	Asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She is lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:887-pg27200-part98:e4:o4:1
# text = She is lost
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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