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title: On what object did the old lord recline when the swans arrived? — Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga be… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what object did the old lord recline when the swans arrived? Exam question 1 of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies…

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On what object did the old lord recline when the swans arrived?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old lord, swans · **What happens:** recline, arrive

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 895 «Andersen's Tales, The Storks: Helga becomes a swan, flies to Egypt, and wakes her grandfather» 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/895-pg27200-part106/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e1:1
# text = On what object did the old lord recline when the swans arrived?
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	recline	recline	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recline** | past · do-support | the old lord |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the swans |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a warm bed of woven straw and skins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e1:o1:1
# text = a warm bed of woven straw and skins
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	skins	skin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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downy cushions beneath a leopard skin in the hall by the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e1:o2:1
# text = downy cushions beneath a leopard skin in the hall by the river
1	downy	downy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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downy cushions beneath a leopard skin and a silk cover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e1:o3:1
# text = downy cushions beneath a leopard skin and a silk cover
1	downy	downy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
downy cushions beneath a leopard skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:895-pg27200-part106:e1:o4:1
# text = downy cushions beneath a leopard skin
1	downy	downy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	leopard	leopard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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