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title: Which object did the young boy present to the elderly gentleman as a… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the young boy present to the elderly gentleman as a token of kindness? Exam question 1 of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

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Which object did the young boy present to the elderly gentleman as a token of kindness?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** young boy present

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 921 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man and a little boy become friends across the street» 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/921-pg27200-part132/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e1:1
# text = Which object did the young boy present to the elderly gentleman as a token of kindness?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	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** | past | which object | the young boy present |  |  |  | to the elderly gentleman; as a token of kindness | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Eventuality |

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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 paper boat for sailing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e1:o1:1
# text = A paper boat for sailing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sailing	sailing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A small wooden horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e1:o2:1
# text = A small wooden horse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A coin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e1:o3:1
# text = A coin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A tin soldier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e1:o4:1
# text = A tin soldier
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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