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title: Which figure does the Moon describe as standing upon the wall of a h… — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which figure does the Moon describe as standing upon the wall of a house in Tyrol? Exam question 1 of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon sh…

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Which figure does the Moon describe as standing upon the wall of a house in Tyrol?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** figure, Moon · **What happens:** do, describe, stand · **To what, where:** wall

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 907 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon shows a guilty girl, a boy at a spinning wheel, a mother's belief, and a chimney sweep's first sunrise» 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/907-pg27200-part118/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e1:1
# text = Which figure does the Moon describe as standing upon the wall of a house in Tyrol?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Tyrol	Tyrol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which figure |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund | the Moon *not said here* |  |  | the wall of a house in Tyrol |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon wall=Location |

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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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St. Peter holding the keys of heaven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e1:o1:1
# text = St. Peter holding the keys of heaven
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | gerund | Peter  St. | the keys of heaven |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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the Infant Jesus alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e1:o2:1
# text = the Infant Jesus alone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

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St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e1:o3:1
# text = St. Christopher carrying the Infant Jesus
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Christopher	Christopher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Infant	infant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund | Christopher  St. | the Infant Jesus |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jesus=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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St. George on a white horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e1:o4:1
# text = St. George on a white horse
1	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	horse	horse	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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