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title: In what condition did Anthony describe the apple tree as standing? — Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Night… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what condition did Anthony describe the apple tree as standing? Exam question 4 of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony die…

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In what condition did Anthony describe the apple tree as standing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Anthony · **What happens:** describe, stand · **To what, where:** apple tree, condition

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 918 «Andersen's Tales, The Bachelor's Nightcap: old Anthony dies alone, and his tears are found in a nightcap» 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/918-pg27200-part129/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:e4:1
# text = In what condition did Anthony describe the apple tree as standing?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · do-support | Anthony | the apple tree |  | what condition |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | Anthony *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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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Forsaken and forgotten, growing alone at the edge of a field by a hedge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:e4:o1:1
# text = Forsaken and forgotten, growing alone at the edge of a field by a hedge
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forsake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a hedge | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  | the edge of a field |  | alone *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Forsaken and broken, by a road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:e4:o2:1
# text = Forsaken and broken, by a road
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forsake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a road | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Forsaken and forgotten, by a hedge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:e4:o3:1
# text = Forsaken and forgotten, by a hedge
1	Forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forsake** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by a hedge | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tall and proud, but forsaken and forgotten, standing in a garden near the house

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:918-pg27200-part129:e4:o4:1
# text = Tall and proud, but forsaken and forgotten, standing in a garden near the house
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forsake** | participle · passive |  | Tall |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  | a garden |  | near the house | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location |

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