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title: What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp re… — Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp receiving a memory? Exam question 1 of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it…

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What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp receiving a memory?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** consequence · **What happens:** accord, be, receive · **To what, where:** consequence, memory

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 925 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Street Lamp: the lamp dreams it will be melted down» 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/925-pg27200-part136/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:e1:1
# text = What, according to the wind, would be the consequence of the lamp receiving a memory?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | would |  | the consequence |  |  |  | of the lamp | tree rules |
| 3 | **receive** | gerund | the consequence *not said here* | a memory |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme |

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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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It would be remembered by the town for ever and ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:e1:o1:1
# text = It would be remembered by the town for ever and ever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	remembered	remember	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | would · passive | the town | It |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its time would pass quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:e1:o2:1
# text = Its time would pass quickly
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | would | Its time |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its old age would pass very pleasantly and it would be melted in the foundry

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:e1:o3:1
# text = Its old age would pass very pleasantly and it would be melted in the foundry
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	foundry	foundry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | would | Its old age |  |  |  |  | pleasantly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | would · passive |  | age |  | the foundry |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Its old age would pass very pleasantly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:925-pg27200-part136:e1:o4:1
# text = Its old age would pass very pleasantly
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	pleasantly	pleasantly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | would | Its old age |  |  |  |  | pleasantly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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