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title: What does the closing passage suggest about the roses' attitude towa… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the closing passage suggest about the roses' attitude toward the misfortunes of their neighbours? Exam question 4 of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mot…

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What does the closing passage suggest about the roses' attitude toward the misfortunes of their neighbours?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** closing passage · **What happens:** suggest

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 910 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow-Mother: the gilded mother is pecked to death, and her children burn their own nest» 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/910-pg27200-part121/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:e4:1
# text = What does the closing passage suggest about the roses' attitude toward the misfortunes of their neighbours?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	misfortunes	misfortune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | the closing passage |  |  |  |  | about the roses's attitude toward the misfortunes of misfortunes's neighbours | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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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They show sympathy and mourn the ruined house with the sparrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:e4:o1:1
# text = They show sympathy and mourn the ruined house with the sparrows
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	mourn	mourn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | They | sympathy |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sympathy=Recipient |
| 2 | **mourn** | infinitive | They *not said here* | the ruined house |  |  |  | with the sparrows | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They display indifference and show no sympathy for the ruined house, blooming on as if nothing had happened

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:e4:o2:1
# text = They display indifference and show no sympathy for the ruined house, blooming on as if nothing had happened
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	display	display	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | present | They | indifference |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | They *not said here* | no sympathy |  |  |  | for the ruined house | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sympathy=Recipient |
| 3 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **bloom on** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They feel sorry for the sparrows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:e4:o3:1
# text = They feel sorry for the sparrows
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sparrows	sparrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | They |  |  |  |  | for the sparrows; sorry *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They display indifference and show no sympathy for the ruined house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:910-pg27200-part121:e4:o4:1
# text = They display indifference and show no sympathy for the ruined house
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	display	display	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	indifference	indifference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | present | They | indifference |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indifference=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present | They *not said here* | no sympathy |  |  |  | for the ruined house | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sympathy=Recipient |
| 3 | **ruin** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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