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title: Which of the houses opposite was described as having been constructe… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the houses opposite was described as having been constructed in a recent period? Exam question 4 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 a
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: a lonely old man an…

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Which of the houses opposite was described as having been constructed in a recent period?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, construct · **To what, where:** recent period

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e4:1
# text = Which of the houses opposite was described as having been constructed in a recent period?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of the houses opposite | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: which=Theme |
| 2 | **construct** | gerund · perfect · passive |  |  |  | a recent period |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» |

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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 {#o1}

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The houses opposite, which were new, freshly painted, and had been constructed only the year before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e4:o1:1
# text = The houses opposite, which were new, freshly painted, and had been constructed only the year before
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	compound	_	_
3	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	freshly	freshly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	before	before	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | houses opposite |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **paint** | participle | houses opposite *not said here* |  |  |  |  | freshly *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **construct** | past · perfect · passive | houses opposite *not said here* |  |  |  | year | before *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The other houses in the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e4:o2:1
# text = The other houses in the street
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The other houses in the street, which had been built only recently by a builder

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e4:o3:1
# text = The other houses in the street, which had been built only recently by a builder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	builder	builder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · perfect · passive | a builder | the other houses in the street |  |  |  | recently *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grand houses on the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:921-pg27200-part132:e4:o4:1
# text = The grand houses on the hill
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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