--- title: To which feature of the prisoner's cell did the Moon's rays gain acc… — Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon w… · tree and pragmatics description: To which feature of the prisoner's cell did the Moon's rays gain access, according to the narrator? Exam question 1 of lesson 909 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon watches a prisoner leave his cell, then a little girl says her prayers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/909-pg27200-part120/e1/) [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, The Moon: the Moon w…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/909-pg27200-part120/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon watches a prisoner le… To which feature of the prisoner's cell did the Moon's rays gain access, according to the narrator? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rays, Moon · **What happens:** do, gain, accord, feature, ray · **To what, where:** access, cell This is exam question 1 of lesson 909 «Andersen's Tales, The Moon: the Moon watches a prisoner leave his cell, then a little girl says her prayers» 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/909-pg27200-part120/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:909-pg27200-part120:e1:1 # text = To which feature of the prisoner's cell did the Moon's rays gain access, according to the narrator? 1 To to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 rays ray NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gain gain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 15 access access NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | to which feature of the prisoner's cell | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gain** | present | the Moon's rays | access and the narrator | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent access=Theme | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feature** | | | the prisoner's cell | | | | | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **ray** | | the Moon | | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon 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} the heavy wooden door with its iron lock and small hatch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:909-pg27200-part120:e1:o1:1 # text = the heavy wooden door with its iron lock and small hatch 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hatch hatch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the small barred opening high in the far corner of the cell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:909-pg27200-part120:e1:o2:1 # text = the small barred opening high in the far corner of the cell 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 3 barred bar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 4 opening open VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 5 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bar** | participle | | | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **open** | gerund | | | | | | high *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the stone ceiling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:909-pg27200-part120:e1:o3:1 # text = the stone ceiling 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the grated window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:909-pg27200-part120:e1:o4:1 # text = the grated window 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grated grate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grate** | participle | | | | | | | vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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