--- title: In what location did the General's daughter conceal herself after ig… — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: In what location did the General's daughter conceal herself after igniting the nursery curtain? Exam question 2 of lesson 943 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird dies, and a porter's boy saves a nursery from fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/943-pg27200-part154/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's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/943-pg27200-part154/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird… In what location did the General's daughter conceal herself after igniting the nursery curtain? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughter · **What happens:** conceal, ignite · **To what, where:** daughter, nursery curtain This is exam question 2 of lesson 943 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 1: a singing-bird dies, and a porter's boy saves a nursery from fire» 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/943-pg27200-part154/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e2:1 # text = In what location did the General's daughter conceal herself after igniting the nursery curtain? 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obl _ _ 3 location location NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 conceal conceal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 igniting ignite VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 nursery nursery NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | past · do-support | the General's daughter | daughter | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in what=Location | | 2 | **ignite** | gerund | the General's daughter *not said here* | the nursery curtain | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent curtain=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} in a box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e2:o1:1 # text = in a box 1 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} under the carpet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e2:o2:1 # text = under the carpet 1 under under ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} under bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e2:o3:1 # text = under bed 1 under under ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} in the sand-box ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:943-pg27200-part154:e2:o4:1 # text = in the sand-box 1 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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