--- title: Which description most accurately identifies the reason the tin sold… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which description most accurately identifies the reason the tin soldier desired to depart from the room? Exam question 4 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/e4/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Old House:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/922-pg27200-part133/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldie… Which description most accurately identifies the reason the tin soldier desired to depart from the room? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** identify, desire, depart · **To what, where:** reason, tin soldier, room This is exam question 4 of lesson 922 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House: the lost tin soldier is found again in a new garden» 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/922-pg27200-part133/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e4:1 # text = Which description most accurately identifies the reason the tin soldier desired to depart from the room? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 identifies identify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 tin tin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | present | which description | the reason the tin soldier | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **desire** | participle | | the tin soldier *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | the room | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from room=Initial\_Location | 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} he disliked the room and its dusty corners ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e4:o1:1 # text = he disliked the room and its dusty corners 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 disliked dislike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dusty dusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 corners corner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dislike** | past | he | the room and its dusty corners | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was bored ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e4:o2:1 # text = he was bored 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} he found the room too dull ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e4:o3:1 # text = he found the room too dull 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | he | the room | | | | dull *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} he found his confinement tedious and melancholy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:922-pg27200-part133:e4:o4:1 # text = he found his confinement tedious and melancholy 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 tedious tedious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 melancholy melancholy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | he | his confinement | | | | tedious *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confinement=Topic | | 2 | **confine** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom confinement «state transitive»: poss=agent | **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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