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title: Which of the following best describes the peasant's wife's attitude… — Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lam… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the peasant's wife's attitude towards her husband's exchanges? Exam question 1 of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

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Which of the following best describes the peasant's wife's attitude towards her husband's exchanges?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** husband · **What happens:** follow, describe, exchange · **To what, where:** attitude

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 924 «Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lamp's last night on his post and the three rivals on the bridge» 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/924-pg27200-part135/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the peasant's wife's attitude towards her husband's exchanges?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
13	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	exchanges	exchange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the peasant's wife's attitude |  |  |  | of the best; towards wife's husband's exchanges | tree rules |
| 3 | **exchange** |  | wife's husband |  |  |  |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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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She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, though she privately doubted the apples' worth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e1:o1:1
# text = She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, though she privately doubted the apples' worth
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | each exchange |  |  |  | as wise | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute |
| 2 | **doubt** | past | she | the apples's worth |  |  |  | privately *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme |

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

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She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e1:o2:1
# text = She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | each exchange |  |  |  | as wise | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, and cooked anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e1:o3:1
# text = She praised each exchange as wise and beneficial, and cooked anyway
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	beneficial	beneficial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cooked	cook	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | each exchange |  |  |  | as wise | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent exchange=Theme as wise=Attribute |
| 2 | **cook** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She grumbled at every trade but accepted them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e1:o4:1
# text = She grumbled at every trade but accepted them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grumbled	grumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  | every trade |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accept** | past | She *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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