--- title: What became of the red shoes after Karen had worn them to her mother… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,… · tree and pragmatics description: What became of the red shoes after Karen had worn them to her mother's funeral? Exam question 4 of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/956-pg27200-part167/e4/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/956-pg27200-part167/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes ar… What became of the red shoes after Karen had worn them to her mother's funeral? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Karen · **What happens:** become, wear · **To what, where:** shoes This is exam question 4 of lesson 956 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes, part 167: prizes are argued over, then poor Karen gets red shoes and is taken away» 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/956-pg27200-part167/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e4:1 # text = What became of the red shoes after Karen had worn them to her mother's funeral? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 Karen Karen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 funeral funeral NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | | | | | | of the red shoes | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **wear** | past · perfect | Karen | shoes *= shoe* | | | | to Karen's mother's funeral | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | 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} They were given to a poor beggar on the road outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e4:o1:1 # text = They were given to a poor beggar on the road outside 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 beggar beggar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 outside outside ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | They | a poor beggar | the road | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to beggar=Recipient on road=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They were burnt on the instruction of the old lady ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e4:o2:1 # text = They were burnt on the instruction of the old lady 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | past · passive | | They | | the instruction of the old lady | | | tree rules | | 2 | **instruct** | | | the old lady | | | | | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The old lady burnt them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e4:o3:1 # text = The old lady burnt them 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 burnt burnt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | past | the old lady | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were burnt by Karen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:956-pg27200-part167:e4:o4:1 # text = They were burnt by Karen 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Karen Karen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burnt** | past · passive | Karen | They | | | | | tree rules | **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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