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title: To which location did the protagonist proceed in order to request em… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes:… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which location did the protagonist proceed in order to request employment in domestic service? Exam question 1 of lesson 958 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serves the pastor's family, and dies at peace in church» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serv…

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To which location did the protagonist proceed in order to request employment in domestic service?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist · **What happens:** do, proceed, request · **To what, where:** order, employment, domestic service

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 958 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Red Shoes: Karen repents, serves the pastor's family, and dies at peace in church» 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/958-pg27200-part169/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:e1:1
# text = To which location did the protagonist proceed in order to request employment in domestic service?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	request	request	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to which location | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **proceed** | present | the protagonist |  |  | order |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **request** | to-infinitive | the protagonist *not said here* | employment |  | domestic service |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent employment=Recipient |

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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}

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The vicarage of the parish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:e1:o1:1
# text = The vicarage of the parish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vicarage	vicarage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parish	parish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The large house of the pastor on the hill beyond the village green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:e1:o2:1
# text = The large house of the pastor on the hill beyond the village green
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pastor's house and garden where the children played each day in the summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:e1:o3:1
# text = The pastor's house and garden where the children played each day in the summer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the pastor's house and garden |  |  |  | day; summer |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The parsonage of the pastor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:958-pg27200-part169:e1:o4:1
# text = The parsonage of the pastor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parsonage	parsonage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pastor	pastor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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