--- title: Why did the narrator's aunt remain in her box during the alarm of fi… — Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatr… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the narrator's aunt remain in her box during the alarm of fire? Exam question 3 of lesson 932 «Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare, and a legacy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/932-pg27200-part143/e3/) [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 Tales, Our Aunt: the theatr…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/932-pg27200-part143/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare… Why did the narrator's aunt remain in her box during the alarm of fire? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aunt · **What happens:** do, remain, alarm · **To what, where:** box, fire This is exam question 3 of lesson 932 «Andersen's Tales, Our Aunt: the theatre days, a fire scare, and a legacy» 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/932-pg27200-part143/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e3:1 # text = Why did the narrator's aunt remain in her box during the alarm of fire? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | during the alarm of fire | | tree rules | | 2 | **remain** | present | the narrator's aunt | | | aunt's box | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in box=Location | | 3 | **alarm** | | | fire | | | | | nom alarm «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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} the people ahead had locked the box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e3:o1:1 # text = the people ahead had locked the box 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | past · perfect · passive | | the people | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient box=Result | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the people before her closed the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e3:o2:1 # text = the people before her closed the door 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | past | the people before her | the door | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} the crowd before her shut the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e3:o3:1 # text = the crowd before her shut the door 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 before before SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} the people before her closed the door and she could not leave the box in time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:932-pg27200-part143:e3:o4:1 # text = the people before her closed the door and she could not leave the box in time 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 before before ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 closed close VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | past | the people before her | the door | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 2 | **not** **leave** | could | she | the box | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme | **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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