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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy ni…

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In what manner did the aged poet receive the unclothed child on the evening of the storm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aged poet · **What happens:** receive, unclothe · **To what, where:** unclothed child, manner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 970 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy night, a wet boy named Cupid, a shot straight to the poet's heart» 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/970-pg27200-part181/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e1:1
# text = In what manner did the aged poet receive the unclothed child on the evening of the storm?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unclothed	unclothe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · do-support | the aged poet | the unclothed child |  | what manner | evening |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Theme in manner=Location |
| 2 | **unclothe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He admitted him and warmed him by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e1:o1:1
# text = He admitted him and warmed him by the fire
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	admitted	admit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	warmed	warm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **warm** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | by the fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He let him in and gave him a warm drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e1:o2:1
# text = He let him in and gave him a warm drink
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | He *not said here* | a warm drink | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He let him in, gave him clothes and sat him by the fire until morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e1:o3:1
# text = He let him in, gave him clothes and sat him by the fire until morning
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	until	until	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let in** | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | He *not said here* | clothes | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clothes=Theme |
| 3 | **sit** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  | morning | by the fire | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme by fire=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He welcomed him and dried his clothes out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e1:o4:1
# text = He welcomed him and dried his clothes out
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	welcomed	welcome	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dried	dry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **welcome** | past | He | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **dry out** | past | He *not said here* | his clothes |  |  |  | out *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient clothes=Result |

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