--- title: Which of the following accurately states the age of Marie Grubbe at… — Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately states the age of Marie Grubbe at the conclusion of the present passage? Exam question 3 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/948-pg27200-part159/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, Poultry Meg's Family…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/948-pg27200-part159/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and… Which of the following accurately states the age of Marie Grubbe at the conclusion of the present passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, conclude · **To what, where:** age, conclusion, present passage This is exam question 3 of lesson 948 «Andersen's Tales, Poultry Meg's Family, part 1: Marie and Soren rob the birds' nests» 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/948-pg27200-part159/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately states the age of Marie Grubbe at the conclusion of the present passage? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Marie Marie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 Grubbe Grubbe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | | the age of Marie | | the conclusion of the present passage | | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent age=Topic | | 3 | **conclude** | | | the present passage | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Eleven years of age ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e3:o1:1 # text = Eleven years of age 1 Eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ten years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e3:o2:1 # text = Ten years 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Twelve years of age ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e3:o3:1 # text = Twelve years of age 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine years old ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:948-pg27200-part159:e3:o4:1 # text = Nine years old 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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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