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description: In what manner does the narrator describe the boy's situation at the conclusion of the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» of the books course of Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy v…

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In what manner does the narrator describe the boy's situation at the conclusion of the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manner, you · **What happens:** do, describe, conclude · **To what, where:** narrator, situation, conclusion, passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 898 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Metal Pig, part 109: the boy visits the Florence churches, then is shoved around by his mother and finds a kind home» 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/898-pg27200-part109/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:e1:1
# text = In what manner does the narrator describe the boy's situation at the conclusion of the passage?
1	In	in	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | what manner | the narrator |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrator=Eventuality |
| 2 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the boy's situation |  | the conclusion of the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme |
| 3 | **conclude** |  |  | the passage |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «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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The boy sleeps in the church with kind strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:e1:o1:1
# text = The boy sleeps in the church with kind strangers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | the boy |  |  | the church |  | with kind strangers | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The boy is left in the care of kindly strangers, in a state of hunger and distress

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:e1:o2:1
# text = The boy is left in the care of kindly strangers, in a state of hunger and distress
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the boy |  | the care of strangers |  | in a state of hunger and distress | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in care=Location |
| 2 | **care** |  | strangers |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The boy is left alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:e1:o3:1
# text = The boy is left alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | the boy |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The boy is taken in by a kindly old man and given warm food after a tiring evening of wandering the town streets

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:898-pg27200-part109:e1:o4:1
# text = The boy is taken in by a kindly old man and given warm food after a tiring evening of wandering the town streets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	tiring	tiring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	wandering	wonder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	streets	street	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take in** | present · passive | a old man | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | participle | a old man *not said here* | warm food |  |  | evening |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | a tiring evening *not said here* | the town streets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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