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description: What, according to the passage, is the consequence of the boy's newfound interest in drawing? Exam question 4 of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What, according to the passage, is the consequence of the boy's newfound interest in drawing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** newfound interest, boy · **What happens:** accord, be, draw, interest · **To what, where:** consequence

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» 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/899-pg27200-part110/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:e4:1
# text = What, according to the passage, is the consequence of the boy's newfound interest in drawing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	newfound	newfound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 consequence |  |  |  | accord the passage; of the boy's newfound interest | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** | gerund | the boy's newfound interest *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **interest** |  | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | nom interest «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sells fewer gloves, since he has learned that every object in the city can be sketched

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:e4:o1:1
# text = He sells fewer gloves, since he has learned that every object in the city can be sketched
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	sketched	sketch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | He | fewer gloves |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | present · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sketch** | can · passive |  | every object in the city |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His glovemaking slows, because he now draws the many things he sees around him

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:e4:o2:1
# text = His glovemaking slows, because he now draws the many things he sees around him
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	draws	draw	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	around	around	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow** | present | His glovemaking |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **draw** | present | glovemaking | the many things |  |  | now |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | present | glovemaking | the many things *not said here* |  |  |  | around him *= he* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:e4:o3:1
# text = His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | His glovemaking |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | present · perfect | glovemaking |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **draw** | may · passive |  | all objects |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn, and his master is growing angry about it every day

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:899-pg27200-part110:e4:o4:1
# text = His glovemaking proceeds slowly, as he has learned that all objects may be drawn, and his master is growing angry about it every day
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	glovemaking	glovemaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proceeds	proceed	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
22	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	_
23	about	about	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	26	det	_	_
26	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | His glovemaking |  |  |  | day | slowly *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **learn** | present · perfect | glovemaking |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **draw** | may · passive |  | all objects |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **grow** | present · progressive | glovemaking's master |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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