--- title: Which character is described as having been "broken into three piece… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdes… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character is described as having been "broken into three pieces" after falling from the table? Exam question 1 of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» of the books course of Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/e1/) [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 Shepherdes…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/974-pg27200-part185/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sw… Which character is described as having been "broken into three pieces" after falling from the table? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** describe, have, break, be, fall · **To what, where:** character, table This is exam question 1 of lesson 974 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep: the china lovers flee the table, and the old Chinaman is broken and riveted» 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/974-pg27200-part185/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e1:1 # text = Which character is described as having been "broken into three pieces" after falling from the table? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 falling fall VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | which character | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | as having broken three pieces | tree rules | | 5 | **fall** | gerund | | | | the table | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | 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} the sweep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e1:o1:1 # text = the sweep 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sweep sweep NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the shepherdess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e1:o2:1 # text = the shepherdess 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the old Chinaman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e1:o3:1 # text = the old Chinaman 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Chinaman Chinaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the Major-general ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:974-pg27200-part185:e1:o4:1 # text = the Major-general 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Major major ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 general general 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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