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title: Which object did the child bear, and in what condition was it after… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the child bear, and in what condition was it after the rain? Exam question 2 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, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy ni…

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Which object did the child bear, and in what condition was it after the rain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** child bear, condition

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e2:1
# text = Which object did the child bear, and in what condition was it after the rain?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object | the child bear |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  | what condition | after the rain |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bow and quiver, all the colours bleeding into one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e2:o1:1
# text = A bow and quiver, all the colours bleeding into one another
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	quiver	quiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
12	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bleed** | gerund | all colours *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into one | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into one=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A quiver, its arrows soaked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e2:o2:1
# text = A quiver, its arrows soaked
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quiver	quiver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	soaked	soak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soak** | participle | a quiver and its arrows |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A bow, its colours run together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e2:o3:1
# text = A bow, its colours run together
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a bow |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bundle of arrows and a bow, with paint running down the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e2:o4:1
# text = A bundle of arrows and a bow, with paint running down the wood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bundle	bundle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	paint	paint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | gerund | paint *not said here* | the wood |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Trajectory |

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