--- title: lowkey, why are the old portraits in the servants' hall? — Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Ri… · tree and pragmatics description: lowkey, why are the old portraits in the servants' hall? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/959-pg27200-part170/t3/) [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, Everything in Its Ri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/959-pg27200-part170/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170:… lowkey, why are the old portraits in the servants' hall? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** old portraits, hall This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 959 «Andersen's Tales, Everything in Its Right Place, part 170: the old willow, the flute and the proud party» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/959-pg27200-part170/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t3:1 # text = lowkey, why are the old portraits in the servants' hall? 1 lowkey lowkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 portraits portrait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the old portraits | | the servants's hall | | | tree rules | 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} cuz "everything in the right place" was the family motto, lol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t3:o1:1 # text = cuz "everything in the right place" was the family motto, lol 1 cuz cuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 motto motto NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | everything | the family motto | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} cuz the attic was full ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t3:o2:1 # text = cuz the attic was full 1 cuz cuz VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 attic attic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the attic | | | | | full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} cuz "everything in the right place" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t3:o3:1 # text = cuz "everything in the right place" 1 cuz cuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 list _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} cuz the family motto was "everything in the right place" and the servants keep it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:959-pg27200-part170:t3:o4:1 # text = cuz the family motto was "everything in the right place" and the servants keep it 1 cuz cuz VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 motto motto NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cuz** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the family motto | everything | | the right place | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | present | the servants | motto | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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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