--- title: To what extent did the Hearer's faculty of hearing serve his origina… — Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, par… · tree and pragmatics description: To what extent did the Hearer's faculty of hearing serve his original purpose? Exam question 2 of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/e2/) [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, The Philosopher's Stone, par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/939-pg27200-part150/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey… To what extent did the Hearer's faculty of hearing serve his original purpose? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** extent, faculty · **What happens:** do, serve, purpose · **To what, where:** original purpose This is exam question 2 of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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/939-pg27200-part150/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e2:1 # text = To what extent did the Hearer's faculty of hearing serve his original purpose? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Hearer Hearer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 faculty faculty NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | extent | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **serve** | present | the Hearer's faculty of hearing | faculty's original purpose | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute | | 3 | **purpose** | | faculty | | | | | | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} It failed completely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e2:o1:1 # text = It failed completely 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 completely completely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | It | | | | | completely *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It served him well, though the noise sometimes made him tired and sad at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e2:o2:1 # text = It served him well, though the noise sometimes made him tired and sad at night 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 though though SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 10 advmod _ _ 10 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** | past | It | him *= he* | | | | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 2 | **make** | past | the noise | him *= he* | | | night | sometimes, tired *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It failed, because the noise rendered him unable to acquire knowledge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e2:o3:1 # text = It failed, because the noise rendered him unable to acquire knowledge 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rendered render VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 acquire acquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | It | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **render** | past | the noise | him *= he* | | | | unable *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **acquire** | to-infinitive | the noise *not said here* | knowledge | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset knowledge=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It worked fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:939-pg27200-part150:e2:o4:1 # text = It worked fine 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | It | | | | | fine *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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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