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description: In which location did the shadow state that it acquired the status of a man? Exam question 1 of lesson 972 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow tells how it became a man, then invites the scholar on a journey» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow t…

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In which location did the shadow state that it acquired the status of a man?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** state · **What happens:** do, acquire · **To what, where:** shadow state, location, status

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 972 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow tells how it became a man, then invites the scholar on a journey» 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/972-pg27200-part183/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e1:1
# text = In which location did the shadow state that it acquired the status of a man?
1	In	in	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	7	det	_	_
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	acquired	acquire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	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 |  | the shadow state |  | which location |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality |
| 2 | **acquire** | past | state | the status of a man |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset status=Theme |

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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 palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e1:o1:1
# text = The palace
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The chamber next to the mint's library

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e1:o2:1
# text = The chamber next to the mint's library
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The hallway joining the court of verse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e1:o3:1
# text = The hallway joining the court of verse
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hallway	hallway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	joining	join	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | gerund | the hallway *not said here* | the court of verse |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent court=Patient |

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

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The ante-room adjoining the court of poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e1:o4:1
# text = The ante-room adjoining the court of poetry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	ante	ante	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	adjoining	adjoin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adjoin** | gerund | the ante room *not said here* | the court of poetry |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Co-Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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