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description: Which object, according to the narrator, is depicted upon the cupboard door in the parlor? Exam question 2 of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the pr…

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Which object, according to the narrator, is depicted upon the cupboard door in the parlor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, depict · **To what, where:** object, parlor

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 973 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shadow: the shadow wins the princess, the learned man is executed» 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/973-pg27200-part184/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:e2:1
# text = Which object, according to the narrator, is depicted upon the cupboard door in the parlor?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	parlor	parlor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **depict** | present · passive |  | which object |  | the parlor |  | upon the cupboard door | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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An engraving of a battle scene

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:e2:o1:1
# text = An engraving of a battle scene
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	engraving	engraving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A painted figure of a noble lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:e2:o2:1
# text = A painted figure of a noble lady
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **figure** |  |  | a noble lady |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A carved figure of a grotesque man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:e2:o3:1
# text = A carved figure of a grotesque man
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **figure** |  |  | a grotesque man |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A carved figure of a grotesque man with a goat's legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:973-pg27200-part184:e2:o4:1
# text = A carved figure of a grotesque man with a goat's legs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	carved	carve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grotesque	grotesque	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **figure** |  |  | a grotesque man with a goat's legs |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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