--- title: Subsequent to the actor's second performance, what disposition was m… — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Subsequent to the actor's second performance, what disposition was made of his corpse? Exam question 2 of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/906-pg27200-part117/e2/) [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 Tales, What the Moon Saw, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/906-pg27200-part117/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh… Subsequent to the actor's second performance, what disposition was made of his corpse? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** actor · **What happens:** make, perform · **To what, where:** second performance This is exam question 2 of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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/906-pg27200-part117/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e2:1 # text = Subsequent to the actor's second performance, what disposition was made of his corpse? 1 Subsequent subsequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 actor actor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 performance performance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 corpse corpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the actor's second performance | | | | of his corpse | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **perform** | | the actor | | | | | | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} It was thrown into the Tiber river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e2:o1:1 # text = It was thrown into the Tiber river 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Tiber Tiber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past · passive | | It | | | | into the Tiber river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} It was burned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e2:o2:1 # text = It was burned 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past · passive | | It | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It was interred in a corner of the churchyard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e2:o3:1 # text = It was interred in a corner of the churchyard 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 interred inter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 churchyard churchyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inter** | past · passive | | It | | a corner of the churchyard | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was left unburied in the open street square ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:906-pg27200-part117:e2:o4:1 # text = It was left unburied in the open street square 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 unburied unbury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **unbury** | past · passive | | It | | the open street square | | | tree rules | **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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