--- title: Which personage first perceived that the newcomer lacked a shadow? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which personage first perceived that the newcomer lacked a shadow? Exam question 3 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 tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/972-pg27200-part183/e3/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Shadow, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/972-pg27200-part183/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow, part 183: the shadow t… Which personage first perceived that the newcomer lacked a shadow? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** personage, newcomer · **What happens:** perceive, lack · **To what, where:** shadow This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e3:1 # text = Which personage first perceived that the newcomer lacked a shadow? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 personage personage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 4 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 newcomer newcomer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lacked lack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | which personage | | | | | first *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **lack** | past | the newcomer | a shadow | | | | | 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} A beautiful servant at the baths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e3:o1:1 # text = A beautiful servant at the baths 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A beautiful princess at the baths ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e3:o2:1 # text = A beautiful princess at the baths 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 baths bath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The princess at the old palace ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e3:o3:1 # text = The princess at the old palace 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The princess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:972-pg27200-part183:e3:o4:1 # text = The princess 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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