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title: Which phrase best describes the situation of the convent in the Moon… — Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the situation of the convent in the Moon's account? Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 118: the Moon sh…

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Which phrase best describes the situation of the convent in the Moon's account?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase, Moon · **What happens:** describe, account · **To what, where:** situation

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e2:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the situation of the convent in the Moon's account?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the situation of the convent in the Moon's account |  |  |  | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent situation=Theme |
| 2 | **account** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication 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}

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a busy market town at the edge of the wide river valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e2:o1:1
# text = a busy market town at the edge of the wide river valley
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a lonely convent of nuns perched on the edge of a quiet valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e2:o2:1
# text = a lonely convent of nuns perched on the edge of a quiet valley
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle |  | nuns *not said here* |  | the edge of a quiet valley |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on edge=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a lonely convent of nuns perched on the brow of the mountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e2:o3:1
# text = a lonely convent of nuns perched on the brow of the mountain
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle |  | nuns *not said here* |  | the brow of the mountain |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brow=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a lonely convent of nuns perched on the brow of a steep mountain above the village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:907-pg27200-part118:e2:o4:1
# text = a lonely convent of nuns perched on the brow of a steep mountain above the village
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	perched	perch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	above	above	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perch** | participle |  | nuns *not said here* |  | the brow of a steep mountain above the village |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on brow=Location |

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