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title: Which of the following describes the principal concern of the street… — Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lam… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the principal concern of the street lamp regarding the morrow? Exam question 3 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, with t
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# Exam question 3 · Danish Fairy Tales, The Old Street Lamp, part 135: the lam…

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Which of the following describes the principal concern of the street lamp regarding the morrow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be, regard

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e3:1
# text = Which of the following describes the principal concern of the street lamp regarding the morrow?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	concern	concern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	morrow	morrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the principal concern; of the street lamp regard the morrow | tree rules |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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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His possible melting down, the loss of his memory and his fear of the mayor's verdict

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e3:o1:1
# text = His possible melting down, the loss of his memory and his fear of the mayor's verdict
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	verdict	verdict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent |
| 2 | **fear** |  | his *= he* | the mayor's verdict |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

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His possible melting down and loss of memory

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e3:o2:1
# text = His possible melting down and loss of memory
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The fear of melting and his fading light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e3:o3:1
# text = The fear of melting and his fading light
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fading	fading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  |  | melting |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **light** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His possible melting down and loss of memory at the town hall the next day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:924-pg27200-part135:e3:o4:1
# text = His possible melting down and loss of memory at the town hall the next day
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom melting «process transitive»: poss=agent |

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